Despite its toxicity, a considerable fraction of petroleum oil entering marine systems is eliminated by the hydrocarbon-degrading activities of microbial communities, in particular by a remarkable recently discovered group of specialists, the so-called hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria ( HCCB ).

Despite the fact that their actions were ultimately fruitless, the Eretrians and in particular the Athenians had earned Darius's lasting enmity, and he vowed to punish both cities.

Despite the negative connotations associated with the term " Cabal ," the name has stuck with this particular team of " good-guy geeks.

Despite the motivation from coloring political maps of countries, the theorem is not of particular interest to mapmakers.

Despite the myriad of these ultimate responses, they are all directly due to changes in particular cell proteins.

Despite being obsolete in most circles, it is used occasionally in conversation in place of Adonai by Jews who do not wish to say Adonai but need to specify the substitution of that particular word.

Despite this, the film was reviewed negatively by critics for its perceived amateurish production and self-indulgent content, with the fantasy sequences in particular coming in for some of the harshest criticism.

Despite this turbulence, Newcastle were able to finish twelfth at the end of the season, with one particular highlight being a 4-4 home draw against Arsenal which saw Newcastle come back from four goals down to claim a point.

Despite those particular scenes being shot at strategic angles, a censored version was released with a stream of computer-generated flowers added in to cover up more.

Despite commonality in religious identification, however, evangelical Christians in general and eventually the newly-formed Moral Majority in particular would come to be disappointed with Carter ’ s policies.

Despite the efforts of the General Council ’ s delegates, they succeeded in revising the resolutions of the Geneva Congress, passing a number of their resolutions, in particular on cooperation and credit.

Despite Louie sometimes fails to understand people's aims, he has proven to be a rational thinker ; when the trio come up with a plan for a particular situation Louie is usually the first of the boys to have second thoughts and rethink the plan and compare it to the situation.

Despite fresh Spanish successes in the mid-1630s — in particular, the triumph of Philip's government in raising a fresh Spanish army, marching it into Germany to defeat the Swedish-lead Protestant forces at the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634 — the increased tensions with France made war between the two Catholic states increasingly inevitable.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, the album finally broke Bad Religion into mainstream audiences and got their highest U. S. chart position to date, debuting at No. 14 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, with " American Jesus " and " Struck a Nerve " in particular becoming major rock radio hits at their time.

Despite these descriptions, some states forbid or discourage claims of specialization in particular areas of law unless the attorney has been certified by his or her state bar or state board of legal specialization.

Despite this, rubber trees and coffee bushes showed particular potential.

Despite a cordial relationship with Holzman, Davis had a long history of besting Holzman over the years to particular artists, but this was one time that he did not prevail.

" Despite this admission, it seems Descartes ' project for understanding the world was that of re-creating creation-a cosmological project which aimed, through Descartes particular brand of experimental method, to show not merely the possibility of such a system, but to suggest that this way of looking at the world-one with ( as Descartes saw it ) no assumptions about God or nature-provided the only basis upon which he could see knowledge progressing ( as he states in Book II ).

Despite the high approval ratings from the Spanish mainstream, and in particular the personal popularity enjoyed by the current king and queen, the monarchy has been the focus of acute criticism from the extreme left and extreme right of the Spanish political spectrum, and by regional separatists.

Despite this recognition, the royal family rigidly opposed her potential marriage to the King's uncle, a rejection that deeply wounded her pride and led her to distance herself from the royal family and embrace grassroots causes, such as her answering the request of the Egyptian legion trapped in Falujah during the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict to sing a particular song.

Despite these setbacks, Wolves overcame their seven game winless start to eventually achieve some commendable results, in particular a 1 – 0 win over Manchester United.

Despite this, he is highly regarded by historians: Foster calls him " Alberta's greatest premier ", citing in particular his successful negotiations for the transfer of resource rights to the provincial government as the cause of Alberta's subsequent prosperity.

Despite the enmity felt by much of the government against France in general and de Gaulle in particular, the Prime Minister informs Thomas that de Gaulle is his friend, and that the assassin must be identified and stopped at all costs.

Despite promises by San Mateo County officials, opponents felt a longer runway would lead to bigger and noisier planes, in particular, more corporate aircraft.

Despite mission replanning necessitated by Challenger < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s abort to orbit trajectory, the Spacelab mission was declared a success.

Despite the presence of an EU observer mission, canceled ballots and illegal voting took place, the majority of which in RPT strongholds.

Despite these misgivings and a loss of operational surprise, the SEALs of TU Papa proceeded with their mission.

Despite forced conversions to Catholicism ( as evidenced by the establishment of a mission at each surviving pueblo ) by the Spanish, the Pueblo tribes have been able to maintain much of their traditional lifestyle.

Despite the Rebellion's true mission, they are looked upon as anarchists and dissidents, partly due to Imperial propaganda, though several cells on various planets take their duty too seriously and attack Imperial targets indiscriminately.

Despite their mission army of 14, 000, the Jesuits submitted without resistance.

Despite occasional successes, the mission failed to produce a consistent and sustained supply of pig iron.

Despite his vast numeric superiority, Davout's mission was not easy, as the Austrians had a numerous cavalry and artillery available to support their infantry.

Despite its official isolation, however, the government in Mmabatho managed to set up a trade mission in Tel Aviv, Israel, and conducted some business with neighbouring Botswana in an effort to sway attitudes ; furthermore, Botswana agreed on " informal arrangements " short of official recognition in order to facilitate cross-border travel.

Despite heavy losses, in the Winter War the Red Army's 20th Tank Brigade, equipped with T-28s, fulfilled its mission to break the defensive Mannerheim Line.

Despite her efforts to end their threat, which even included exiling them to empty pocket-dimensions, the Dark Judges always manage to return eventually, ever determined to fulfil their mission.

Despite the descent engine programming error, NASA deemed the mission a success in demonstrating the LM systems, and a second unmanned flight test using LM-2 was canceled.

Despite being technically a civilian, she remained as first officer of the Enterprise and the crew continued to refer to her by her High Command rank of Sub-Commander during the mission.

Despite her mission, she still finds time to rape Akemi, but Jyaku Amano intervenes and destroys her.

Despite the pressure of being outqualified by debutant team-mate Michael Schumacher de Cesaris was on a mission all weekend.

Despite their casual approach to the mission, he successfully surveyed the airstrip, installed remotely operated infrared lights and a strobe to outline a landing pattern for pilots, and took soil samples to determine the load-bearing properties of the desert surface.

Despite the destruction of the stage, the mission was classified as a success, having achieved all of its primary objectives and validating the design concept of the restartable dash-500 version.

Despite these objections, in 1881, a large fact-finding mission was sent to Japan to stay for seventy days observing Japanese government offices, factories, military and police organizations, and business practices.

Despite the fact that they were under a constant attack from enemy artillery, tank, and air forces, they still succeeded in the completion of their mission.

Despite the premature shutdown, the vehicle safely achieved a slightly lower orbit and was able to complete the mission as planned.

Despite Sub-commander T ' Pol and Commander Tucker's objections to the delay in Enterprises mission, Archer orders Tucker to return to the ship and repair the hatchery's bio-support.

Despite the failure of UNAMIR in its main mission, its humanitarian services during the 1994 genocide are recognized to this day as having saved the lives of thousands or tens of thousands of Rwandan Tutsi and Hutu moderates who would have otherwise been killed.

Despite this, Dolby was sent on a mission and during this mission he panicked and accidentally killed a man.