Despite the recent modest and stable growth, Djibouti is faced with many economic challenges, particularly job creation and poverty reduction.

Despite this modest initiative, the financial results were excellent, as it stimulated an increase of foreign trade volume among its members from 3. 5 to 8. 2 billion US dollars between 1959 and 1967.

Despite its modest critical and commercial success in Italy, and its warm reception by French critics, it failed to interest North American distributors.

Despite being modest in number ( perhaps 7, 000 units total as of 1988 ), Lisp machines commercially pioneered many now-commonplace technologies – including effective garbage collection, laser printing, windowing systems, computer mice, high-resolution bit-mapped graphics, computer graphic rendering, and networking innovations like CHAOSNet.

Despite its modest length ( 74 km ), it is the third largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge ( after the Volga and the Danube ).

Despite the economy's general expansion after 1983, however, inflation threatened its modest gains, as did serious fiscal and balance-of-payments deficits and the growing debt.

Despite only modest military successes, Henry and his allies now controlled the south-west, the Midlands and much of the north of England.

Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radically change human society and the environment.

Despite a modest increase in specific impulse, implementation is limited due to the increased hazards of the high-explosive additives.

Despite their relatively modest height compared with some continental ranges, walking and climbing in the Scottish mountains may be made treacherous by their latitude and exposure to Atlantic and Arctic weather systems.

Despite only modest military successes, Henry and his allies now controlled the south-west, the Midlands and much of the north of England.

Despite Jacob Rothkowitz's modest income, the family was highly educated, and able to speak Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew.

Despite modest success, Rothko still needed to supplement his income, and in 1929 he began giving classes in painting and clay sculpture at the Center Academy, where he remained as teacher until 1952.

Despite its modest population, Traverse City functions as the major commercial nexus for a seven-county area totaling over and, along with cross-peninsula counterpart Alpena, is one of Northern Lower Michigan's two anchor cities.

Despite a quiet, modest manner, and his politically moderate stance, he was a witty, often scathing speaker.

Despite a steady but modest income from selling cheeses and shoes, Hannah Stone had to beg her husband for money to buy clothing and other necessities for the family.

Despite an appearance on ABC-TV's popular Thank Your Lucky Stars, the single peaked at a modest No. 35 in the UK, a relative failure compared to début releases of Epstein's most successful artists ( The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers and Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas ).

Despite the modest chart success of those singles and of Upstairs at Eric's ( which reached No. 92 on the album chart ), by 1989 ( seven years after its release ), word of mouth helped to push the album to platinum status for sales of over one million copies.

Despite the fact that the initial WebTV sales had been modest, Mundie expressed that Microsoft was impressed with WebTV and saw significant potential both in WebTV's product offering and in applying the technology to other Microsoft consumer and video product offerings.

Despite involving many of Hong Kong's top stars, the film's profits had been modest, so Wong was not given the opportunity to follow it up, yet as he moved onto other films, he had always retained the dream of doing so.

Despite its modest 8. 4: 1 compression, it was as strong as many earlier engines with higher gross power ratings ; yet like all other 1972-model engines, it could perform on low-octane regular leaded, low-lead or unleaded gasolines.

Despite its modest budget, Trafic was still very much a Tati film, carefully staged and choreographed in its scenes and effects.

Despite their modest income, Mary Adelaide had expensive tastes and lived an extravagant life of parties, expensive food and clothes, and holidays abroad.

Despite the modest incomes of the Duke and Duchess, they lived remarkable lives of social engagements, leading to the build-up of large debts.

Despite the strong start, the team played poorly in May and June and entered the All Star break at 47 – 48, still leading the NL West.

Despite its promising start, Fresh Horses plateaued quickly, topping out at quadruple platinum.

Despite the need to start back at the bottom of the naval hierarchy, Cook realised his career would advance more quickly in military service and entered the Navy at Wapping on 7 June 1755.

Despite the good news off the field, and winning four out of five games to start the season, the Wizards just missed out on a playoff berth with a loss to the New York Red Bulls on the final day, finishing with a 10 – 14 – 8 record.

Despite the technical innovations that have taken place since the start of the series many still consider Super Mario Kart to be one of, if not, the best game of the franchise line.

Despite having Jake Peavy start the game and bringing in Trevor Hoffman in the bottom of the 13th inning to try to hold an 8 – 6 lead, the Padres ' season ended when the Rockies rallied to win 9 – 8.

Despite this unenviable start, Huxley was determined to educate himself.

Despite his injuries, he competed in the Nations Grand Prix at Monza six days later, winning the race after he had persuaded staff at the hospital to bandage him in a manner such that he could sit on his motorcycle and receive a push start.

Despite their large adult sizes, crocodiles start their lives at around long.

Despite their usual slow movements, European bison are surprisingly agile and can clear three metre wide streams or two metre high fences from a standing start.

Despite his continued loyalty to the Administration, relations between Nixon and Agnew deteriorated, almost from the start of their professional relationship.

Despite violent opposition from some printers in the Sheldonian, this ended the friction between Oxford and the Stationers, and marked the effective start of a stable university printing business.

Despite being refused entry to the Football League's First Division at the start of the 1892 – 93 season, they were invited to play in their new Second Division.

Despite this auspicious start to his career, Shearer was only eased into the first team gradually and made just ten goalless appearances for the club the following season.

Despite being impacted by diversion of resources to jump start the Apple / IBM / Motorola effort, the POWER2 took five years from start to system shipment.

Despite the late start, Henderson finished fourth in the AL in stolen bases ( 31 ).

Despite the promise shown in the Toronto series, the Islanders had a slow start to the 2002 – 03 NHL season.

Despite a slow 2 – 6 – 1 start, Colorado finished with a 44 – 28 – 10 record for 98 points, won the Northwest Division and finished second in the Western Conference.

Despite a respectable 17 – 10 start during the 1974 – 75 season, Coach Tom Nissalke was fired as owners become tired of the Spurs ' slow defensive style of games.

Despite a strong 17 – 3 start and an 11-game winning streak between February and March, the Spurs stayed relatively under the radar of the major trades and other quickly rising teams.

Despite a poor start, the pair went on to win four-and-a-half lengths ahead of the much-fancied Spartan Missile, ridden by amateur jockey and 54-year-old grandfather John Thorne.

Despite its ambition, however, Bologna had a poor start to the season, causing the sacking of experienced coach Renzo Ulivieri, replaced by former Internazionale defender Andrea Mandorlini.

Despite viewing the contract as unfair, Martin referred to the record as " the start of something phenomenal " for him.