Despite these shortcomings, and his promise to step down at the end of the transition, Bozizé contested the 13 March 2005 presidential elections in which all of the leading opposition candidates were allowed to run except for Patassé.

Despite this, the equilibrium theory of phase transformations does not entirely hold for glass, and hence the glass transition cannot be classed as one of the classical equilibrium phase transformations in solids.

Despite the halting pace of reform and signs of slowing GDP growth today, Slovenians now enjoy the highest per capita income of all the transition economies of central Europe.

Despite the transition to electronic publishing, the serials crisis persists.

Despite Franco's alliance with the Carlists, Franco appointed Juan Carlos I de Borbón as his successor, who is credited with presiding over Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy by fully endorsing political reforms.

Despite recent improvements, there are still difficulties in using density functional theory to properly describe intermolecular interactions, especially van der Waals forces ( dispersion ); charge transfer excitations ; transition states, global potential energy surfaces and some other strongly correlated systems ; and in calculations of the band gap in semiconductors.

Despite a transition to 3D, the gameplay of Metal Gear Solid remains similar to its 2D MSX2 predecessor Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.

" Despite his general sympathy with the aims of the UFA, he could not support their transition into a political party.

Despite the Club's success in blocking plans for the Grand Canyon dams and weathering the transition from 501 ( c )( 3 ) to 501 ( c )( 4 ) status, tension grew over finances between Brower and the board of directors.

Despite his friendship with Napoleon, Méhul's public standing survived the transition to the Bourbon Restoration intact.

( Despite this reported ' shut-off ', the station remains on the air pre digital transition ( as of July 2011 ).

Despite the DTV Delay Act national transition extension to June 12, 2009, the station ceased regular analog programming on analog channel 40 at midnight on February 18.

Despite PennDOT giving motorists over four years of advance notice on the I-376 extension, some local drivers were confused after the transition was complete, thinking that the I-376 extension was going to be an all-new highway instead of a renaming of PA 60.

Despite their close relationship Santos has his own mind and disagrees with Josh at times due to Josh's willingness to resort to dirty politicking ( early on in the Democratic Primaries ) and when Santos passes Josh over to run his Presidential transition team ( however Santos argues that it kept Josh from " saying no " to the people Josh would later have to deal with in his capacity as Santos's Chief of Staff ).

Another remark about Brauner ’ s participation to Surrealist exhibitions: " Despite its appearance of abstract formula ,… this trend is a point a transition to the art that is to come.

Despite no obvious copyright issues to continue using the previous theme, which was written by Howard Shore and John Lurie, O ' Brien stated of the transition to a new composition, " it just felt like the right thing to do There's this feeling of, ' Let's try and build something new.

Despite India achieving its independence, the Regiment retained its full designation until 1950 when it became the 1 Gorkha Rifles ( The Malaun Regiment ), also adopting the Indian spelling of Gurkha, following India's transition to a republic.

Despite inheriting a veteran team with a strong 3-4 defense from Bill Parcells and Al Groh, Edwards decided to transition the team to a 4-3 " Cover 2 " defense.

Despite violence and instability accompanying the transition to independence, Leopoldville grew with migrants from the countryside and its nightlife continued to thrive.

Despite the drawbacks that the digital space has caused the music industry, the transition into the online space has allowed for lower expenses such as lower coordination costs, lower distribution costs, as well as the possibility for redistributed total profits.

Despite the KOB radio stations having changed their call letters, KOB-TV didn't drop the "- TV " suffix until June 13, 2009, when the FCC allowed a limited opportunity for stations to change their suffixes ( adding "- TV " or "- DT ") or drop them in the wake of the digital transition.

Despite some civil unrest, Saint Lucia's transition to independence was one of most peaceful in Caribbean history and the island maintains good relations with Great Britain.

Despite his popularity WGLD faded quickly and within months WGLD was in transition again.

Despite the regard in which he was held by the Venetians, Dürer returned to Nuremberg by mid-1507, remaining in Germany until 1520.

Despite the outstanding victories, Germany was near defeat, which meant that Bulgaria would be left without its most powerful ally.

The stab-in-the-back myth ( German: )< ref > Despite the similarity of the German word Legende and the English word " legend ", " stab-in-the-back < u > myth </ u >" is the preferred term in English .</ ref > is the notion, widely believed in right-wing circles in Germany after 1918, that the German Army did not lose World War I but was instead betrayed by the civilians on the home front, especially the republicans who overthrew the monarchy.

Despite its status as part of an occupied city, East Berlin was claimed as the capital of East Germany, as the Soviets did not honor the distinction of a free city for their sector.

Despite being released on DVD in Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Thailand, Spain, Italy and France, Godzilla vs. Biollante is still unavailable on DVD and Blu-Ray in America.

Despite the great controversy that accompanied this switch, he remained one of the most popular politicians in West Germany.

Despite his aping of Fascism, and the strong economic ties with resurgent Nazi Germany, Metaxas followed a policy of neutrality, given Greece's traditionally strong ties to Britain, reinforced by King George II's personal anglophilia.

Despite the fact that Nazis are portrayed as the enemy in Wolfenstein, the use of those symbols is a federal offense in Germany unless certain circumstances apply.

Despite Ciano's efforts to persuade Ribbentrop to put off the attack on Poland until 1942, so as to allow the Italians time to get ready for war, Ribbentrop was adamant that Germany had no interest in a diplomatic solution of the Danzig question and only wanted a war to wipe Poland off the map.

Despite these claims he nominated people active under Nazi Germany to top ministerial positions, including Hans Globke, Director of the Federal Chancellory of West Germany between 1953 and 1963 and one of the closest aides to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

Despite the treaty which secured peace between Poland and Germany, the Emperor soon armed a retaliatory expedition against Mieszko II.

Despite a warming by the Comintern, German tensions were raised when the Soviets stated in September that they must enter Poland to " protect " their ethnic Ukrainian and Belorussian brethren therein from Germany, though Molotov later admitted to German officials that this excuse was necessary because the Soviets could find no other pretext for the Soviet invasion.

Despite this, Singer argues that it has led to a difficult intellectual climate, with professors not able to teach courses in Germany on applied ethics and campaigns demanding the resignation of professors who invited Singer to speak.

Despite Romania ` s change of sides its role in the defeat of Nazi Germany was not recognized by the Paris Peace Conference of 1947.

Despite substantial populations of Salukis in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden, none of these were imported to England.

Despite strikes and demonstrations the month before in protest against economic hardship, the workers of Germany failed to rise up against the government.

Despite this, the political situation demanded even greater pressure, and on 31 January 1917, Germany announced that its U-boats would engage in unrestricted submarine warfare beginning 1 February.

Despite facing an oil crisis due to the OPEC embargo, the economy of Japan witnessed a large boom in this period, overtaking the economy of West Germany to become the second-largest in the world.

* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments.

Despite Washington's reluctance, Erhard envisaged offering Nikita Khrushchev, the leader in Moscow, massive economic aid in exchange for more political liberty in East Germany and eventually for reunification.

Despite his strong dislike of Wegener, Raeder agreed that it had been a huge mistake on the part of Germany not to have occupied Norway, the " Gate to the Atlantic " in 1914 as control of Norway would allowed Germany to escape the North Sea by breaking the British distant blockade.

Despite Nazi propaganda presenting all of the regions annexed as possessing significant German populations that wanted reunification with Germany, the Reich's statistics of late 1939 show that only 31, 000 out of 994, 092 people in the annexed Polish western territories were ethnic Germans.

Despite the Allies ' gloomy estimates of the situation, with Britain discussing a conditional surrender to Germany, in the end over 330, 000 Allied troops were rescued.