Despite the successful rehabilitation of over a half million disabled persons in the first eleven years after 1943, the existing program was still seen to be inadequate to cope with the nation's backlog of an estimated two million disabled.

Despite continuous wars or imperial expansion on the Empire's frontiers and one year-long civil war over the imperial succession, the Mediterranean world remained at peace for more than two centuries.

Despite the service he rendered to the Qajar government, Hasan Ali Shah was dismissed from the governorship of Kerman in 1837, less than two years after his arrival there, and was replaced by Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawla, a younger brother of Muhammad Shah Qajar.

Despite the much-vaunted capabilities, the Phoenix was rarely used in combat, with only two confirmed launches and no confirmed targets destroyed in US Navy service, though a large number of kills were claimed by Iranian F-14s during the Iran – Iraq War.

Despite his own desperate struggle, the Imperial Prince at once complied, demonstrating the high degree of confidence and mutual co-operation between the two generals.

Despite everything, however, there are some who support both dates and even some who support dates other than the two major possibilities presented.

Despite this dramatic act, the Cardinals scored two runs in the top of the tenth.

Unfortunately in the literature the definition is given in two variants: Despite the fact that Bernoulli defined B < sub > 1 </ sub > = 1 / 2 ( now known as " second Bernoulli numbers "), some authors set B < sub > 1 </ sub > = − 1 / 2 (" first Bernoulli numbers ").

Despite this road and those running through a few other passes, in general the escarpment impedes easy communication between the two countries.

Despite this, there has been unofficial interactions in the economic level between the two countries.

Despite two coup attempts in the following three months, including one by Abeid, Bacar ’ s government remained in power, and was apparently more willing to negotiate with Comoros.

Despite rejecting these terms, Constantius still tried to avert war with the Sassanid Empire by sending two embassies to Shapur II.

Despite being deprived of his French troops after the conquest of those two cities, Borgia returned to Rome to celebrate a triumph and to receive the title of Papal Gonfalonier from his father.

Despite its rare use, Italian orthography allows the circumflex accent ( î ) too, in two cases: it can be found in old literary context ( roughly up to 19th century ) to signal a syncope ( fêro → fecero, they did ), or in modern Italian to signal the contraction of ″- ii ″ due to the plural ending-i whereas the root ends with another-i ; e. g., s. demonio, p. demonii → demonî ; in this case the circumflex also signals that the word intended is not demoni, plural of " demone " by shifting the accent ( demònî, " devils "; dèmoni, " demons ").

Despite these forebodings, Low yielded the UK number three single " Sound and Vision ", and its own performance surpassed that of Station to Station in the UK chart, where it reached number two.

Despite wavering tensions between Tehran and Cairo, the two countries are members of the OIC and the Developing 8

Despite all this, the film is also one of the most widely seen Godzilla films in the United States — it was popular in its initial theatrical release, largely due to an aggressive marketing campaign, including elaborate posters of the two title monsters battling atop New York City's World Trade Center towers, presumably to capitalize on the hype surrounding the Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong, which used a similar image for its own poster.

Despite close cultural ties, diplomatic relations between the two countries have in many instances been volatile.

Despite Davies ' unequivocal statement that the two wars are distinct, Lance Parkin, in his Doctor Who chronology AHistory, suggests in a speculative essay that the two destructions of Gallifrey may be the same event seen from two different perspectives, with the Eighth Doctor present twice ( and both times culpable for the planet's destruction ).

Despite the fact that Parsons only contributed two new songs to the album (" In My Hour of Darkness ", " Return of the Grievous Angel "), Parsons was highly enthused with his new sound and seemed to have finally adopted a serious, diligent mindset to his musical career, eschewing most drugs and alcohol during the sessions.

Despite the different subject matter between this poem and the Works and Days, most scholars, with some notable exceptions ( like Evelyn-White ), believe that the two works were written by the same man.

Despite his proclamations that, " I like a jealous wife ," " We get on so well together ( because ) we don't have illusions about each other ," and, " I wouldn't give you two cents for a dame without a temper ," it was a highly destructive relationship.

Despite more than a century of exposure to Western classical music and two centuries of British colonialism, classical music in India has never gained more than ' fringe ' popularity.

Despite a lukewarm reception, the album became the band's fourth top-ten hit album in a row and the single " Touch Me " was hugely successful.

Despite a win at his home track at Texas Motor Speedway and Sprint All-Star Race XV in 1999, Labonte finished 12th in the championship points, the first time he had finished outside the top-ten since 1993.

Despite a lack of international accolades, IFFHS named América de Cali one of the top-ten clubs in South America in the 20th century.

Despite finishing 15th in the 1984 Daytona 500 for Hamby, Marlin spent most of the season running for Sadler Brothers Racing, posting two top-ten finishes.

Despite moving back down into the Busch Series full-time, Wallace only posted one top-ten in the second-half of the season, forcing Owen's team to close its doors.

Despite starting off the season with a sixth-place finish at the Daytona 500, the team struggled in qualifying, almost costing Wallace his job before he posted two consecutive top-ten finishes.

Despite no top-ten finishes, he ended the season eleventh in points.

Despite four top-ten finishes, he was released with just a handful of races left in the year.

Despite new sponsorship from Vigoro and The Home Depot, the team decided to run a part-time schedule in 2004, with Labonte returning for two races and J. J. Yeley running seventeen races, garnering four top-ten finishes.

Despite not finishing in the top-ten Grissom was able to land a 23rd place finish in points.

Despite the abbreviated schedule, Keller had one top-ten finish and finished 33rd in points.

Despite not finishing in the top-ten, she finished a career-high 22nd in points at season's end.

Despite a top-ten at Bristol, she had trouble making races and finished 37th in points.

Despite winning no majors in 1964 ( he had three runner-up finishes ), Nicklaus led the PGA Tour money list for the first time in his career by a slim margin of $ 81. 13 over Palmer.

Despite this shaky return the club enjoyed a halcyon period of sorts in the late 1950s, securing four consecutive top half finishes ( without managing to clinch promotion ) as well as reaching the semi-finals of the 1957 – 58 Scottish League Cup.

Despite a run of seven consecutive top-three finishes they remained in that league, being denied promotion after winning the title in 1995 because the Football Conference were not satisfied with the club's financial credentials.

Despite scoring regular podium finishes in with Williams, and in and with BMW Sauber, Heidfeld never won a race after debuting in Formula One in.

Despite the two 2nd place finishes at the season's first three majors, Westwood did not compete in the PGA Championship due to injury.

Despite this the club were consistently successful, achieving a long line of top ten finishes in the unofficial Welsh league, a competition they won for the first time in the 1962 / 1963 season.

Despite the party's popularity with the youth ( Salonga and Pimentel topped most surveys in Colleges and Universities in the Philippines ), Salonga finishes fifth.

Despite two consecutive second-place finishes, he left the team early in the season and ended the year driving the # 21 Ford for the Wood Brothers.

Despite a shocking sweep in the 1981 playoffs to the Minnesota North Stars-the North Stars had never before won a game in Boston Garden in the sixteen years the team had been in the league-Sinden stuck with Cheevers, who led the Bruins to two first place and two second place finishes in their division, including to the league's best record in 1983, where the team fell only to the eventual Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders in the semifinals.

Despite the close finishes, the speedway announced IndyCar would not return to the track for the 2011 season.

Despite this, Mark was third in the rookie standings with three top six finishes in the U. S. 500, Detroit Grand Prix, and Michigan International Speedway races.

Despite achieving no points finishes he was retained for 1984.

Despite failing to qualify the second race of the season at Rockingham, Harvick would go on to win the NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year with 3 wins, 8 top-five finishes and 16 top-tens as well as garnering a third place points finish.

Despite having limited sponsorship for the car at first, Vasser started the season strong with four straight finishes of 4th to 6th place.

Despite two consecutive last place finishes, the Solons led the PCL in attendance due to the home run barrage.

Despite not winning a race, six second-place finishes and a fourth-place finish in the championship.

Despite this, Lewington guided the club to two middle table finishes and two cup semi-finals — a 2 – 1 loss to Southampton in the FA Cup in 2003 and a 2 – 0 loss ( over two legs ) to Liverpool in the League Cup in 2005.

Despite a sensational 2: 1 away win at recently crowned European Cup Winners Cup winners Borussia Dortmund in their Bundesliga premiere game Fortuna were immediately relegated, but returned in 1971 for a stay that lasted sixteen seasons and that included two third place league finishes ( in the 1972 / 73 and 1973 / 1974 seasons ).

Despite the team's lack of sponsorship, Lepage posted two fourteenth-place finishes, catching the eye of Jack Roush of Roush Racing.

Despite consistent top finishes, Rahal actually won only two races from 1989-1991.

Despite not winning a race in 2006, Meira finished a career best of fifth in the IndyCar point standings after finishing the season with seven top five and twelve top ten finishes.

Despite posting four top ten finishes in the first twelve races of the season, Hasleau was waived and replaced by Kurt's younger brother Kyle for a limited run.