Despite the lack of a categorical counterindication, the belief that alcohol and antibacterials should never be mixed is widespread.

Despite its widespread acclaim, it was not nominated for an Oscar, which created a small scandal regarding the nomination practices of the Academy.

Despite widespread condemnation of her scholarship some minor aspects of her work continued to have supporters.

Despite sanitary concerns, its consumption is extremely widespread in cities because it's the most practical and often cheapest way to lunch after fast food.

Despite this and reports of Indira Gandhi keeping red pandas as pets when she was a child, widespread adoption of these animals as pets has not been reported.

Despite this hurdle to habitability, its solar analog ( Sun-like ) characteristics have led to widespread interest in the star.

Despite a widespread tendency to romanticize his ill health, modern critics see an artist deeply frustrated by the inactivity and incoherence brought about by his bouts of illness.

Despite being found in such widespread locales, the bulk of the Earth's crust and mantle is not molten.

Despite widespread misconceptions, only the females of most dabbling ducks " quack ".

Despite widespread criticism, VeriSign only reluctantly removed it after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ) threatened to revoke its contract to administer the root name servers.

Despite investment in fixed lines, the density of main lines remains the lowest in Europe with nearly ten lines per 100 people ( 2008 ); however, cellular telephone use is widespread and generally effective.

Despite these international conventions, organizations that monitor abuses of human rights ( e. g. Amnesty International, the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims ) report widespread use condoned by states in many regions of the world.

Despite two years of widespread publicity about Fett's appearance in The Empire Strikes Back, script rewrites significantly reduced the character's presence in the film.

Despite Party efforts, initial charges levelled against Falun Gong failed to elicit widespread popular support for the suppression of the group.

Despite no widespread regulation, and even with a lack in many cases of national-level regulation, heraldry has remained rather consistent across Europe, where traditions alone have governed the design and use of arms.

Despite enjoying widespread support by the majority of Haitians, the Washington Post informed their readers that regime change was looming on November 21, 2003: " Aristide has pushed with mixed success a populist agenda of higher minimum wages, school construction, literacy programs, higher taxes on the rich and other policies that have angered an opposition movement run largely by a mulatto elite that has traditionally controlled Haiti's economy.

Despite being considered something of a hero in Japan, he was only just beginning to win widespread recognition in the U. S. at the time of his death.

Despite the great human cost, the Soviet Union under Molotov's nominal premiership made great strides in the adoption and widespread implementation of agrarian and industrial technology.

Despite a widespread belief that it was adopted as the national anthem in 1866, no such recognition has ever been officially accorded.

Despite the widespread recognition of the Pez dispenser, the company considers itself to be primarily a candy company, and says over 3 billion candy bricks are consumed each year in the U. S. alone.

Despite widespread belief, Huitzilopochtli's name does not appear to mean " left-handed hummingbird " as Classical Nahuatl " huītzilin "-" hummingbird " modifies " opōchtli "-" left-hand side " in this compound rather than the reverse ; there continues to be much disagreement as to the meaning of this name.

Despite widespread use, however, the ISO certification process has been criticized as being wasteful and not being useful for all organizations.

Despite being overshadowed by Sputnik, and having to overcome the widespread humiliation of its unsuccessful early attempts, the Vanguard Project eventually met its scientific objectives, providing a wealth of information on the size and shape of the Earth, air density, temperature ranges, and micrometeorite impact.

Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity.

Despite providing an enormous gain in worker productivity, the Chinese spinning wheel fell into disuse over the subsequent centuries and was completely unknown by the 17th century, whereas the mechanical automation of spinning in Europe in the 18th century ( from manual spinning wheel precursors of the 13th century ultimately sourced from Asia Minor ) led directly to a process of technical refinement and engineering improvements that resulted in the Industrial Revolution and widespread mechanization of production of goods beyond yarn.

Despite considerable research efforts by seismologists, scientifically reproducible predictions cannot yet be made to a specific day or month.

Despite predictions from the music press that the band would fold without Wood, who had been the driving force behind the creation of ELO, Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bev Bevan remaining on drums, joined by Gibson, Richard Tandy ( now on the Moog synthesiser ), Mike de Albuquerque on bass and vocals and Mike Edwards and Colin Walker on cellos.

Despite the early predictions for success, the Astros had a mediocre 44 – 44 record at the All-Star break.

Despite his physicians ' predictions to the contrary, after great effort Baba managed to walk again, but from that point on he was in constant pain and was severely limited in his ability to move.

Despite these predictions, he also said that economically, " things are getting ready to turn around.

Despite the small budget, dire predictions, and little help from distributor Orion Pictures, Hoosiers grossed over $ 28 million and received two Oscar nominations ( Dennis Hopper for Best Supporting Actor and Jerry Goldsmith for Best Original Score ).< ref >

Despite the nickname of " Peavey's Folly " and dire predictions that the elevator would burst like a balloon when the grain was drawn off, the experiment worked and concrete elevators have been used ever since.

Despite early predictions by critics that the two political peers would try to out-stage each other, the two visits proved to be similar and complementary in many respects.

Despite power consumption issues, and repeated predictions of its end, Moore's law is still in effect.

Despite dire predictions about the lighting conditions inside the building, all of which proved unfounded, it succeeded.

Despite accepted errors in their models, e. g., treatment of clouds, modelers still thought their climate predictions were valid.

Despite its optimistic predictions, it came third in the 2003 elections, coming behind the Flemish Liberals and Democrats ( VLD ) and the SP. A-Spirit cartel.

Despite predictions that they " wouldn't get ten points ," Blackpool took 39 from their 38 games, including home and away victories over Liverpool, consecutive away wins at Stoke City and Sunderland, and a home victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

Despite predictions to the contrary, the Fianna Fáil vote recovered sufficiently to bring it to 78 seats, and a third term in government for Ahern.

Despite the predictions of the pundits, Stuart went on to retain the seat at the 2010 general election, against a national tide of Labour defeat.

Despite gloomy predictions, Selinger led the NDP to its fourth straight majority government in the October 2011 general election, surpassing Doer's record and winning 37 seats.

Despite pre-electoral opinion polls and predictions of a huge PSOE defeat and a PP lead of around 10 points, the close end result makes this election the closest in the Spanish democratic period to date.

Despite all predictions, traffic for Olympic in 2007 increased, carrying a total of 5, 977, 104 passengers ( 3, 115, 521 in domestic and 2, 681, 583 in international flights ) as opposed to approximately 5, 500, 000 passengers in 2006.

Despite such predictions, Juniper took the task seriously and invested in developing a full range of Ethernet products in-house.

Despite media predictions once again of his demise, Ford himself was elected third in South Antrim, with over 13 % of the poll.

Despite all predictions, in 1995 Stevas was reappointed for a third term as Chairman.

Despite predictions by some in the press and others of the imminent collapse of the entire movement the marriage became the most important and celebrated event in the Peace Mission.

Despite the gloomy predictions, the club defied the odds, eventually finishing 10th, four points clear of relegation, whilst Nazareth finished bottom.

Despite some predictions, it did not manage to bring an end to Bryan Adams ' unprecedented run at the top of the UK Singles Chart with "( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You ", instead peaking at number 3.

Despite predictions that the wider boundaries of the GLC would hand power to the Conservatives, Fiske was returned in his own seat and Labour won a comfortable victory.