Despite the efficacy of epilepsy surgery, some patients decide not to undergo surgery owing to fear or the uncertainty of having a brain operation.

Despite fear of the Gestapo after the mass arrests and executions of the spring, the opposition still plotted and planned.

Despite submitting to Otto III, Crescentius shut himself in his family's stronghold, the Tomb of Hadrian, out of fear of retribution.

Despite the increased fear of a dirty bombing attack, it is hard to assess whether the actual risk of such an event has increased significantly.

Despite extensive police resources channelled towards their capture, a wall of silence created by a mixture of fear and respect in the Shankill community, provided few leads that could be followed.

Despite the healthy fear with which the worshipers ( and even the Loa themselves ) regard him, he is also viewed as a necessary evil ; there must always be a Kalfu to balance Legba, and a force of overwhelming creativity and expression, even if that expression often takes horrifying forms.

Despite Lakota not expressing hysteria or extreme fear towards Iktomi, generally he is viewed as a being whose gaze is to be avoided, lest trouble find you ; as depicted in the modern film Skins, directed by Cheyenne-Arapaho director Chris Eyre.

Despite Constantine's best efforts, his fear of an attack from Hispania did come to pass the following year, when Gerontius advanced with the support of his barbarian allies.

For all that, in June 1961 Bray still decided to move and despite his recent marriage “ lmost every day went round, often spending a good part of the day or a large part of the evening there .” “ Oddly enough, this side of his life was well known about in Paris … natural reserve and well-developed sense of decorum were allied to his fear of giving offence to Suzanne .” Anthony Cronin notes that strangely – or perhaps not so strangely – during this time he was often to be found talking “ fervently and seriously about suicide .” Despite his unwillingness to do much about it he was clearly suffering badly from guilt.

Despite his apparent fear of technology, Giles is quite adept with computers (" Gingerbread ").

Despite a sales uptick in 1962, continuing media reports that Studebaker was about to leave the auto business became a self-fulfilling prophecy as buyers shied away from the company's products for fear of being stuck with an " orphan ".

Despite her persistence, he refused to have sex with her for fear of sinning against God.

Despite the Temple's fear that the IRS was investigating its religious tax exemption, by 1977 Marceline Jones admitted to the New York Times that, as early as age 18 when he watched his then idol Mao Zedong overthrow the Chinese government, Jim Jones realized that the way to achieve social change through Marxism in the United States was to mobilize people through religion.

Despite Hayes ' apparent fear of playing more than one " tough " game a year, Ohio State still managed to schedule regular-season games with Nebraska, Washington, Southern California, UCLA, and Oklahoma during his tenure.

Despite highly controlled conditions to minimize adverse effects, 22 % of subjects ( 8 of 36 ) had notable experiences of fear, some with paranoia.

Despite this large amount of money and the $ 3, 000 a year stipend from Congress, Mrs. Lincoln had an irrational fear of poverty.

Despite the relative rarity of shark attacks, the fear of sharks is a common phenomenon, having been fueled by the occasional instances of serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and by horror fiction and films, such as the Jaws series.

Despite his aversion to politics, the Umayyad rulers harassed Muhammad al-Baqir for fear of his popularity and influence.

Despite a fear of crevasses, they decided to approach the summit by the glacier.

Despite his weakening eyesight and a fear that he was becoming antiquated, Holmes continued to find solace in writing.

Despite this, he is unabashedly murderous, conniving, and villainous, causing all the inhabitants of the entire jungle to fear him.

Despite this, Ainscow stated that the for the first six months of business, Manto was continually losing money due to people's fear of being seen in there.

Despite his message to the sheriff of Alachua County, Walker informed Hardee by telegram that he did not fear " further disorder " and urged the governor not to intervene.

Despite their name the group had a poorly defined ideological basis at their beginning, being brought into being more by a fear of left-wing politics than a devotion to fascism.

Despite the cars ' appreciation in value, the company was often financially troubled.

Despite their innovation of putting the engine behind the driver, the Coopers and their Chief Designer Owen Maddock were generally resistant to developing their cars.

Despite the arrival of serious competitors — namely, the Ford Falcon, Chrysler Valiant, and Japanese cars — in the 1960s, Holden's locally produced large six-and eight-cylinder cars remained Australia's top-selling vehicles.

Despite this virtually all cars in Sweden were actually left-hand drive and the neighbouring Nordic countries already drove on the right, leading to mistakes by visitors.

Despite having growing sales worldwide, Hyundai struggled in Japan, having sold only 15, 000 passenger cars from 2001 to 2009.

Despite having legitimate jobs during the period 1927 through 1929, he also cracked safes, robbed stores, and stole cars.

Despite low reliability and prestige of those cars, they have shown an unbeaten accessibility and popularity among Soviets, becoming the " car for pensioners and intellectuals ".

Despite a campaign for its retention for use as a Museum of Cinematography by, among others, Bristol photographer Reece Winstone, Friese-Green's birthplace was demolished by Bristol Corporation in 1958 to provide parking space for six cars.

For Christmas 2011, a new single seater mod came available. The F2 1967 Mod provide new accurate cars shapes, drivers, car sounds and physics. The Formula 2 physics were intended to get close racing online, with most of the cars sharing the same Ford Cosworth FVA 1600cc engine. Despite this, as others GPL mods, the F2 mod benefit of the extended 11 different cars slots with their individual handling. In 1967, drivers took part in no less than 23 Formula 2 races.

Despite her lack of a driving licence, she attracted controversy when she told local government leaders to give added emphasis to motor vehicle access in urban areas, as " most pedestrians are walking to or from their cars.

Despite France's being occupied, Simca cars continued to be produced in small numbers throughout the war.

Despite Kia's range increasing from one car as late as 1993 to three cars by the end of 1995, British sales actually decreased in that period, from nearly 5, 500 in 1993 to less than 4, 000 the following year.

Despite some bad reviews by the automotive press, the public took to the car, with some 7, 000 built during the remainder of the 1968 model year, and another 23, 858 cars for the 1969 model year, a respectable showing ; Lincoln had always trailed Cadillac in production numbers, but the Mark III almost equalled the Eldorado, which tallied 23, 333 for 1969.

Despite the political-economical adversities of the postwar years, the company manufactured automobiles and, eventually, became a world powerhouse for producing sports cars.

Despite these concerns, classic cars are involved in relatively very few accidents.

Despite the explosion of the defences ammunition dump, the French continued to fight using ammunition brought in by British armoured cars during the night.

Despite the fact that the depression of 1929 had brought many Turin carmakers to their knees, Giovanni Bertone's shrewd management allowed the company to carry on creating cars with great appeal.

Despite being relatively heavy, the 164 gave favourable fuel economy compared to other 6-cylinder European cars of similar dimensions such as the BMW 530.

Despite the 205 T16s passing the pre-rally scrutiny, the stewards had decreed on re-examination that the cars ' underbody fins were in fact illegal side skirts.

Despite not having been designed as a track machine, a modified race car edition of the vehicle won several races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995, where it faced purpose-built prototype race cars.

Despite being a Heritage car, the Hi-Level lounge cars were in significantly better condition than the old domes, and they offered more seats with panoramic views as well as a larger lounge area on the lower level.