Despite the opposition of the city newspapers, the Pratt Hall meeting `` brought together a very respectable audience, composed in part of those who had been distinguished for years for their radical views upon the subject of slavery, of many of our colored citizens, and of those who were attracted to the place by the novelty of such a gathering ''.

Despite efforts by Washington last week to play down the significance of the meeting, it clearly was going to be one of the crucial encounters of the cold war.

Despite the opposition, Hubble, then a thirty-five-year-old scientist, had his findings first published in The New York Times on, 1924, and then more formally presented in the form of a paper at the January 1, 1925 meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

Despite the American boycott, the Bern meeting went ahead as scheduled.

Despite these challenges, the USFSA continued its planning for the games, adopting in its first program for the meeting eight articles to address, only one of which had to do with the Olympics.

James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave Generations two and a half stars out of four, saying: " Despite a reasonably original story line, familiar characters, first rate special effects, and the hallmark meeting between Captains Kirk and Picard, there's something fundamentally dissatisfying about movie.

Despite the meeting, Ní Mháille later returned to her old ways, though nominally directing her raids against the " enemies of England " during the Nine Years War.

Despite later attempts to portray the two as rivals, there's no evidence that their meeting was not cordial.

Despite the fact that the meeting had been postponed due to World War 2, the council took place in Amsterdam with the theme of “ Man ’ s Disorder and God ’ s Design ”.

Despite the accounts of the Irish annals, English and Scandinavian writers appear to see Mac Bethad as the rightful king of Moray: this is clear from their descriptions of the meeting with Cnut in 1027, before the death of Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti.

Despite the lack of consensus among political forces in Peru regarding this proposal, the ad hoc OAS meeting of ministers nevertheless approved Fujimori ’ s offer in mid-May, and elections for the CCD were held on 22 November 1992.

Despite the draconian nonconformist laws, there was a large number of non-Anglican meeting houses and nonconformity flourished ; a fifth of the population of the Birstall Parish was estimated to be nonconformist.

Despite the fact that his career in propane is later shown to have started with a chance meeting with Buck Strickland, in episode " Order of the Straight Arrow " a flashback to 1966 shows younger Hank, Dale, Bill and Boomhauer on a scouting trip, talking about what they're going to do when they grow up.

Despite the custom of meeting on a Thursday, after the appointment of Gordon Brown as Prime Minister the meeting day was switched to Tuesday.

Despite meeting with influential politicians such as Lamartine and Lamennais, the France of Louis-Philippe also remained neutral.

Despite Glass ' assurances, Lane discovered that on the day of the alleged meeting the conference room had been closed.

Despite having been shown tapes of a similar meeting between Weaver and former president Bill Clinton, the Secret Service were not able to catch him.

" Despite this, Heke and George Grey were reconciled at a meeting in 1848.

Despite speculation that the game would be based on Super Metroid, Ken Lobb, Nintendo of America's Director of Game Development, quelled rumors by stating, " One of the things I wanted to get across in today's meeting is that Metroid is not Super Metroid.

Despite the hard landing, Genesis has met or anticipates meeting all its baseline science objectives.

Despite their brutal first meeting, the two have since formed a close bond.

Despite Calder labelling the meeting as " illegal ", Ottawa, the Canadiens and Wanderers attended.

" Despite meeting resistance from Prime Ministers Asquith and Lloyd George, MacNeil continued his campaign until losing his seat after the 1918 election.

Despite the region's absence of economic growth on the same scale as other parts of the nation, the Maritimes has changed markedly throughout the 20th century, partly as a result of global and national economic trends, and partly as a result of government intervention.

Despite its relatively recent approval by the Food and Drug Administration and the guideline recommendations, digoxin use is decreasing in patients with heart failure, likely the result of several factors.

Despite the Rhodesian Constitution of 1965 coming into effect as a result of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, appeals continued to be accepted by the Privy Council as late as 1969 due to the fact that under international law, Rhodesia remained a UK colony.

Despite this result, Regusters ' conclusions about this tape were later challenged by Mackal, who asserted that the Mokèlé-mbèmbé did not have a vocal call.

Despite controlling the supply, the Japanese did not make effective use of quinine, and thousands of Japanese troops in the southwest Pacific died as a result.

Despite the fact that the result of the next use would be displayed on the machine, both courts ruled that " The inducement for each play was the chance that by that play the machine would be set to indicate that it would pay checks on the following play.

Despite being considered one obstacle, each element may result in penalty points if knocked down.

Despite the victory, the Third Army stayed in place as a result of Eisenhower's order.

Despite that diversity of opinion, he concludes that the result upon the practitioner is generally perceived as a positive one.

Despite this, most commentators were predicting a close result with the CLP returned.

Despite Rheinübung and the damaging attack on the Lützow, in July 1941 Raeder began planning for what he called " the battle of the Atlantic ", a plan to send every single warship in the Kriegsmarine into the Atlantic to take on the Royal Navy in one colossal battle that almost certainly result in the destruction of the German force, but would hopefully make the British victory a Pyrrhic one.

Despite Plaid Cymru's ambivalence toward home rule ( as opposed to outright independence ) the referendum result led many in the party to question its direction.

Despite the Surrealist automatic techniques that he employed extensively in the 1920s, sketches show that his work was often the result of a methodical process.

Despite their on-field success, the Pride suffered as a result of having one of the lowest average attendances and being the farthest team from the core of the league.

Despite its dependence on the British market, Argentina managed a 6. 7 % annual rate of growth of exports between 1870 and 1890 as a result of successful geographic and commodity diversification.

Despite the apparent lack of fresh groundwater, Bermuda is lush and green, a result of the consistent, high levels of rainfall.

Despite the similar name, Rickettsia bacteria do not cause rickets, which is a result of vitamin D deficiency.

Despite the similar name, Rickettsia bacteria do not cause rickets, which is a result of vitamin D deficiency.

Despite the good result in 2006, manager Knut Tørum wasn't able to gain the same success in the 2007 season.

Despite this result, the area still showed strong support for the conservative mayoral candidate Boris Johnson who won the largest share of the votes for the area before going on to be elected Mayor of London.

On Friday 13 February, the flooded areas were visited by the young Queen Elizabeth II Despite severe loss of life in nearby Canvey Island, only one person in Thurrock died as a result of the floods.

Despite legal challenges from Harvey, the result was upheld.

Despite being a relatively small town, Wassenaar is well known in the Netherlands as a result of its conspicuous wealth.

Despite this honor, it is one of several schools targeted for closure as a result of Governor Jon Corzine's efforts to balance the state budget.