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Despite the major changes made to the team in the offseason, the team wound up with its first winning season since 1997.
Despite making the race very close, in the 161st game of the season, the Dodgers snapped their five-game losing streak and the Rockies ' five-game winning streak to clinch the West title.
Despite this particular mission, in winning the Albigensians over by persuasion Dominic met limited success, " for though in his ten years of preaching a large number of converts were made, it has to be said that the results were not such as had been hoped for.
Despite the British economy then being in recession, he led the Conservatives to a fourth consecutive election victory, winning the most votes in British electoral history ( 14 million ) in the 1992 general election, albeit with a much reduced majority in the House of Commons.
Despite the good news off the field, and winning four out of five games to start the season, the Wizards just missed out on a playoff berth with a loss to the New York Red Bulls on the final day, finishing with a 10 14 8 record.
Despite winning the League Cup, Liverpool could only finish 8th in the Premier League, and Dalglish was dismissed in May 2012.
“ There is no prospect of ever winning Russian cooperation .” Despite its reservations, the 80th Congress implemented Truman ’ s requests, further escalating the Cold War with the USSR.
Despite a strong push in the middle of the 2007 season, winning five straight games, the Vikings lost their final two games to finish the season at 8 8, missing the playoffs.
Despite not making the playoffs, the Brewers had some other memorable moments, as Pat Listach hit. 290 and stole 54 bases while winning the AL Rookie of the Year award, while Robin Yount got his 3000th career hit.
Despite his efforts, he has not been on a title winning first-class domestic team in either the Premier Trophy or the County Championship.
Despite this, some wrestlers, such as Chris Jericho, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Kurt Angle, Ken Shamrock, The Undertaker, Dean Malenko, and Chris Benoit, became famous for winning matches via submission.
Despite the AFL's New York Jets winning the previous season's Super Bowl, many sports writers and fans thought it was a fluke and continued to believe that the NFL was still superior to the AFL, and thus fully expected the Vikings to defeat the Chiefs ; the Vikings entered the Super Bowl as 12. 5 to 13-point favorites.
The structure of the latter event is such that it … justifies a belief that intelligent design is the cause … Despite the fact that the probability of winning three consecutive 1-in-1, 000 games is exactly the same as the probability of winning one 1-in-1, 000, 000, 000 game, the former event … warrants an inference of intelligent design.
Despite winning the Triple Crown, Williams came in second in the MVP voting to Joe Gordon of the Yankees.
Despite ZZ Top's popularity and success in the 1970s, it wasn't until the 1980s that they started winning major awards and honors.
Despite his injuries, he competed in the Nations Grand Prix at Monza six days later, winning the race after he had persuaded staff at the hospital to bandage him in a manner such that he could sit on his motorcycle and receive a push start.
Despite winning all three main round games, so did France and Spain, and those two teams qualified for the semi-finals from Group I.
Despite over 70 rehearsals between 1862 and 1864, Tristan und Isolde was unable to be staged in Vienna, winning the opera a reputation as unperformable.
Despite winning four terms as President, Blatter has often been dogged by controversy and allegations of corruption.
Despite another nomination for Best Picture and winning two Oscars for frequent collaborator Russell Boyd's cinematography, and for sound effects editing, the film's box office success was moderate ($ 93 million at the North American Box Office ).
Despite only winning numerically the vote in only 1 state ; the relatively electorally small Federal District which holds the capital of Brazil ; the Green Party interestingly came second to Dilma in Amapa, Amazonas, Pernambuco and in Rio de Janeiro in front of Jose Serra.
Despite the fact that the allegations were backed by successive UN Special Rapporteurs and a Canadian Government investigation, Bildt succeeded in winning the public controversy in Sweden, allowing Lundin Oil to pursue its activities in Sudan.
Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal politics, entering the House of Commons in the 1972 election and winning the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1976.
Despite his. 333 winning percentage, Ryan tied for 5th place in the 1987 Cy Young voting.

Despite and 2004
Despite the presence of more than 9, 000 UN forces ( UNOCI ) in Côte d ' Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to work in Ivorian cocoa plantations.
Despite fox hunting being banned by the Hunting Act in 2004, Boxing Day remains the biggest hunt of the year for most hunts in the UK by use of scent drag trails instead of live quarry.
Despite the continuity of forms in Gaelic between the pre-Norse and post-Norse eras, Haswell-Smith ( 2004 ) speculates that the name may have a Norse connection, Hiōe meaning " island of the den of the brown bear ", " island of the den of the fox ", or just " island of the cave ".
Despite a large accident at the 2000 Revival, the first racing accident to put him in hospital overnight, he continued to drive until at least 2004.
Despite finishing fifth in Benítez's first season, Liverpool won the 2004 05 UEFA Champions League, beating A. C. Milan 3 2 in a penalty shootout after the match ended with a score of 3 3.
Despite the fact that the pace of privatization and industrial output has slowed, GDP growth was 7. 3 percent in 2004, consumption continues to grow, and the currency continues to appreciate.
Despite this most recent power-stripping, the President remains the ex officio chair of the National Security Council, as per the National Security Act 2004.
Despite the work of the 1400 strong Iraq Survey Group in post-war Iraq, no evidence of actual WMD capability has so far been uncovered ; according to its final report in September 2004.
Despite her popularity and significance, another Tubman biography for adults did not appear for 60 years, until Jean Humez published a close reading of Tubman's life stories in 2003, and Larson and Clinton both published their biographies in 2004.
Despite such international conventions, torture cases continue to arise such as the 2004 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal committed by military police personnel of the United States Army.
Despite having been devastated by the 2004 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami, they remain popular tourist destinations.
Despite the repeated overexposure of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and its switch to syndication, ABC continued to find some success in dramas such as The Practice ( which gave birth to a successful spinoff, Boston Legal, in 2004 ), Alias, and Once and Again.
Despite much of the originally drafted talent departing by 2004, WWE has continued to separate the shows, taking on younger talent, and holds a Draft Lottery every year.
Despite losing as much as $ 4 million on the CBL, Mallett initially promised to bring the league back in 2004.
Despite the lack of formal diplomatic relations, Bhutan has also maintained an Honorary Consul in Macau since 2000 and Hong Kong since 2004.
Despite the treatments, the Mona Lisa has been well cared for throughout its history, and although the panel's warping caused the curators " some worry ", the 2004 05 conservation team was optimistic about the future of the work.
Despite a widely publicized child demobilization program, in which it claimed to have demobilized over 16, 000 children between 2001 and 2004, the SPLA continued to recruit and re-recruit child soldiers.
Despite losing in the first round in their first seven attempts, the Timberwolves won their first division title in 2004 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
Despite this Drummond has spoken about the burning in 2000 and 2004.
Despite this legal obligation, member states owed approximately $ 1. 20 billion in current and back peacekeeping dues as of June 2004.
Despite the advantage in Democratic registration in the district, voters elected Republicans Charlie Dent in 2004, 2006 and 2008 and, previously, Pat Toomey in 1998, 2000, and 2002.
Despite a census just being taken in 2000, a special census was requested in 2004 due to the explosive growth of the area.
Despite the outcome of Briggs and Brown, as of 2004 Summerton's schools remain effectively segregated, with nearly all white students now attending the private Clarendon Hall, leaving the public schools almost entirely African-American.
Despite the raised profile resulting from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz ( film collaborations between Pegg and Wright that performed well in the Region 1 countries ), no DVDs surfaced between 2004 and 2007.
Despite being " cast ", Miss Australia, Jennifer Hawkins, was chosen as Miss Universe 2004.

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