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Despite this setback, Baresi refused to give up his dream and tried out for the Milan youth team, where he was accepted.
Despite the almost insurmountable setback, Parsons, Harris, and the other musicians decided to continue with plans for a fall tour.
Despite this setback in his official career, Zhang was reappointed as Chief Astronomer in 126 after Emperor Shun of Han ( r. 125 – 144 ) ascended to the throne.
Despite this setback ( whose victims later created numerous doubts and psychological strife in Mazzini ), he organized another uprising for the following year.
Despite this setback, PML continued to track along a course of “ practical libertarianism ” that seeks to bridge the gap between ideology and politics.
Despite this setback, the name Parnall was to reappear when George Geach Parnall formed a new company, George Parnall & Co. Ltd. with a handful of previous employees and opened the Coliseum Works in Park Row, Bristol in 1921.
Despite this setback, the play was produced soon after in the West End with John Colicos in the cast.
Despite this setback, he was reelected as party chairman in 2003.
Despite this setback, he continued to prepare for the Mt Tantiss campaign, removing Ackbar, his most formidable opponent, via political intrigue.
Despite a setback in which Shooter arrives drunk to a game and ends up in a hospital, the team advances through tournament play, with contributions from unsung players, such as the pint-sized Ollie and devoutly religious Strap.
Despite this setback, various non-conformist groups, including the Methodists, Quakers and the Salvation Army ( founded in 1864 ), still lobbied parliament to restrict alcohol sales.
Despite this setback, Dr Kik's excellent care continues to improve Virginia's mental state.
Despite the second setback, by mid-January Karzai had 14 out of the 24 ministers confirmed, including the most powerful posts at foreign, defense and interior ministries.
Despite the setback caused by the storm, the town grew steadily, aided by the oil boom following the discovery petroleum reserves in Ged.
Despite that setback, Cargolux made it into the 1990s in proper financial shape.
Despite the electoral setback suffered by her party, Pelosi sought to continue leading the House Democratic Caucus in the position of Minority Leader, the office she held prior to becoming Speaker.
Despite this setback the owners continued with their plans on worldwide campaign for Starcraft.
Despite the setback, Max manages to catch up to Bradley and wins the race by a nose and receives the grand-prize trophy.
Despite this setback, in 1910 Booth campaigned in Holland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
Despite this setback, according to Albert Sorel, the Orléanists subsisted under the First French Empire, and resurfaced when the revival of liberalism overthrew the restored legitimate monarchy of Louis XVIII and Charles X.
Despite this setback, the offensive continued with minimum delay, and by the end of 6 December Australian besieged and took Bardia, which fell along with 40, 000 more prisoners and 400 guns.
Despite this setback, which included a fitness report that stated " in an emergency he is liable to lose his head ", Arnold made a commitment to remain in the service, turning down an offer of the presidency of the soon-to-be operating Pan American Airways, which he had helped bring into being.
Despite the setback at Saratoga, and the entry of France, Spain and the Dutch Republic into the war North's government continued to gain strength until October 1781 when a British army under Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender to a combined Franco-American force at Yorktown.
Despite achieving its objectives, the attack on the Custom House was a setback for the IRA as a large number of Volunteers were captured either during the attack or when falling back.

Despite and within
Despite the severity of this boundary event, there was significant variability in the rate of extinction between and within different clades.
Despite efforts at containment, the upheaval in Eastern Europe inevitably spread to nationalities within the USSR.
Despite his leanings toward Deism, Alexander has retained a respect for the Catholic Church, believing it to embody a great deal of accumulated human truth within its rituals.
Despite success within the NFL, they could not survive in Portsmouth, then the NFL's smallest city.
Despite this, Thomas became a familiar radio voice and within Britain was " in every sense a celebrity ".
Despite its location in the tropics and the many micro climates found within the country, Guatemala City ’ s elevation and the resulting moderating influence of the higher altitude enable it to enjoy a subtropical highland climate ( Köppen Cwb ), though depending on location, it also borders on a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen Aw ).
Despite its small size within Guatemala, many leaders were extremely vocal about their beliefs ( for instance, in their protests and, more importantly, their literature ).
Despite the advent of print however, hand-written grimoires remained highly valued, as they were believed to contain inherent magical powers within them, and they continued to be produced.
Despite the appearance in other magazines like Billboard, this publication by Guitar World was criticized for including no female musicians within its selection.
Despite this, the significance of the espousal of human rights within the UN charter must not be understated.
Despite the act of incest being unacceptable within the Roman Empire, Roman Emperor Caligula is rumored to have had sexual relationships with all three of his sisters ( Julia Livilla, Drusilla, and Agrippina the Younger ).
Despite his claim to unique authority within England, John would sometimes justify his actions on the basis that he had taken council with the barons.
Despite Lansing not being a designated county seat, many county offices and courts are still located within downtown Lansing, including the Ingham County Department of Human Services and the county circuit court.
Despite up to eight rivals on non factory HRC Honda motorcycles Doohan's margin of superiority over them was such that in many races Doohan would build a comfortable lead and then ride well within his limits to cruise to victory.
Despite various characters having appeared within company publications for decades, few if any have aged to any appreciable degree.
Despite throwing 60 passes and hindered by a lack of depth at running back, last year's Super Bowl MVP wasn't intercepted and rallied the Saints within 34 – 30 in the fourth quarter.
Despite the absence of any mountainous terrain in the province, there are large areas of uplands, particularly within the Canadian Shield which traverses the province from northwest to southeast and also above the Niagara Escarpment which crosses the south.
Despite the success of his masterwork Dido and Aeneas ( 1689 ), in which the action is furthered by the use of Italian-style recitative, much of Purcell's best work was not involved in the composing of typical opera, but instead he usually worked within the constraints of the semi-opera format, where isolated scenes and masques are contained within the structure of a spoken play, such as Shakespeare in Purcell's The Fairy-Queen ( 1692 ) and Beaumont and Fletcher in The Prophetess ( 1690 ) and Bonduca ( 1696 ).
Despite all the devastation, commercial life reappeared in the ruins around Potsdamer Platz within just a few weeks of war ’ s end.
Despite " widely recognised flaws ", the Act became a model copyright statute, both within the United Kingdom and internationally.
Despite decent acclaim and even some respectable ratings, almost every show was canceled quickly, usually within the first season.
Despite the close friendship and shared heritage that exists between adherents to Unitarian Universalism and Unitarian Christianity, there is an element within Unitarian Universalism that opposes specifically Unitarian Christian groups, believing them to be exclusive and intolerant of non-Christian thought.
Despite the fact that this group was a minority, Russia and Austria, intent on maintaining their influence within Poland, recognised Augustus as king.

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