A 2007 El Nuevo Día opinion poll reflected that, in spite of being censured by the New Progressive Party, he had become its third most popular leader, after Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño and party president Pedro Rosselló, surpassing San Juan Mayor Jorge Santini, former gubernatorial candidate Carlos Pesquera and Bayamón Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera.

In spite of Ubisoft's reluctance to produce a Beyond Good & Evil sequel, Ancel has expressed a clear wish to produce one in the future.

The goal of this policy is to create a market in which Canadian networks can realize revenue through advertising sales in spite of their inability to match the rates that the much larger American networks can afford to pay for syndicated programming.

In spite of these issues, initial sales in North America were strong.

In spite of Oldsmobile's critical successes since the mid-1990s, a reported shortfall in sales and overall profitability prompted General Motors to announce in December 2000 their plans to phase out the Oldsmobile brand.

Reviewing Genesis 1976 – 1982 in Q, Andy Fyfe wrote: "... in spite of 150 million album sales the bottom line is that little of the band ’ s output has aged well ...

In spite of the positive reviews, sales on Windows were slow.

All proceeds from the sales of the items went to the " We The People " group ; a group dedicated to changing the parole laws for convicted murders such as McFadden ( who was paroled in spite of a past marked by violence ) due to overcrowding.

" Because of strong video sales, the studio continued to make these films in spite of negative critical reaction ; 2001's Cinderella II: Dreams Come True received a rare zero-percent rating from the review-aggregating website Rotten Tomatoes.

After returning to Britain, Moore published new poetry but in spite of good reviews and good sales, he was growing disillusioned with writing poetry and he began to consider writing novels, a genre made increasingly popular by the success of Walter Scott.

In spite of the lagging American sales, Jazzmatazz, Vol.

It was reported on 31 March 2005 that Toyota would withdraw Daihatsu from the Australian market after sales fell heavily in 2005, in spite of the overall new-car market in Australia growing 7 %.

With a less talented team and no big names to excite the fans, Chicago's season ticket sales predictably flatlined, in spite of Hoffman sinking a lot of money into advertising.

The big Thunderbirds were popular with sales peaking at over 87, 000 units in 1973 in spite of the 1973 oil crisis, but sales had slumped to less than 43, 000 by 1975.

From Japan's view the game never existed, in spite of its stellar sales and even offers to do comic books and a cartoon around it.

Thus, in spite of the overarching quarrel regarding San Miguel's ownership ( not to mention other problems endemic to operating in the Philippines ), the company's sales quintupled from P12. 23 billion in 1986 to P68. 43 billion by 1994.

In spite of its sales success, Mission Earth was lambasted by critics, receiving many negative reviews.

In addition there was the fact that that year's full-size Lincoln sold poorly in all models ; 1958 was a recession year in the U. S. But in spite of that, the Continental Mark III recorded much better sales than the Mark II.

In spite of the loss, the new Charlotte club-which played at American Legion Memorial Stadium-did far better in ticket sales than in New York.

In spite of this, Lincoln stopped production of the manual transmission model LS after 2002 due to low sales figures ; only 2, 331 were produced.

In spite of the poor reaction and sales, New Order and Robie collaborated for the band's next two singles " Shellshock " and " State of the Nation " B-side " Shame of the Nation ".

In spite of new body styles, sales of the cars were falling and so a new model, the RE, or Rear Engine capable of was announced in 1931.

Kai helps her bake the Christmas cakes her family sells every holiday season, and his determination to succeed allowed successful sales in spite of the disaster she accidentally caused when Kai and Hikaru went to help her.

Because of or in spite of this new look, sales plummeted for the year from 15, 506 in 1970 to 5, 054 in 1971 ( another sales pressure was higher insurance rates on performance cars ; the similar Plymouth Road Runner and Plymouth Duster both experienced similar sales issues ).

Similarly, CD4 counts dropped in the patients who were HIV-infected, but remained stable in the HIV-negative patients, in spite of similar rates of risk behavior.

Constantine's rule, however, validated Diocletian's achievements and the autocratic principle he represented: the borders remained secure, in spite of Constantine's large expenditure of forces during his civil wars ; the bureaucratic transformation of Roman government was completed ; and Constantine took Diocletian's court ceremonies and made them even more extravagant.

It remained so in spite of the first Greater Poland Uprising ( 1794 ), part of the unsuccessful Kościuszko Uprising directed chiefly against Russia.

Brown's concert success, however, remained unabated and Brown kept up with a grueling schedule throughout the remainder of his life, living up to his previous nickname, " The Hardest Working Man in Show Business ", in spite of his advanced age.

* 1993 – Brooke Greenberg, American child who has remained the size of a toddler, in spite of being in her late teens.

Some foreign analysts have pointed to widespread starvation, increased emigration through North Korea-China border, and new sources of information about the outside world for ordinary North Koreans as factors pointing to an imminent collapse of the regime, but North Korea has remained stable in spite of more than a decade of such predictions.

But in spite of these difficulties, the Empire remained a major expansionist power until the Battle of Vienna in 1683, which marked the end of Ottoman expansion into Europe.

Four days later, pope and cardinals had to flee from Rome before the imperial prefect of the Eternal City, and at Terracina, in spite of all protests, Victor laid aside the papal insignia and once more retired to Monte Cassino, where he remained nearly a whole year.

In spite of its dated image and being the subject of negative jokes, the Škoda remained a common sight on the roads of UK and Western Europe throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

He only remained in the city for a few hours, in spite of the expressed wishes of the Roman people.

In spite of the rapid development and increasing use of computer networks, access control manufacturers remained conservative and did not rush to introduce network-enabled products.

It remained so in spite of the first Greater Poland Uprising ( 1794 ), part of the unsuccessful Kościuszko Uprising directed chiefly against Russia.

In spite of this, Shaw's original plot, and with it the central message of the play, remained more or less untouched.

Once Hopper achieved his mature style, his art remained consistent and self-contained, in spite of the numerous art trends that came and went during his long career.

Llorente, however, failed to secure such a deal and remained an Athletic player at the close of the transfer window, in spite of the bad blood which had developed between him and the club management over the situation.

All the refounded houses were in properties that had remained in Crown possession ; but, in spite of much prompting, none of Mary's lay supporters would co-operate in returning their holdings of monastic lands to religious use ; while the lay lords in Parliament proved unremittingly hostile, as a revival of the " mitred " abbeys would have returned the House of Lords to having an ecclesiastical majority.

Beemer Bridge Built 1960sIn spite of all the activity, by 1890, the Village of Beemer, with a population of 350, remained an enclave of homes and buildings that were connected by dirt roads without public water works or electricity.

In spite of repeated requests to Bloomfield officials, roads remained unpaved, water and sewer systems were nonexistent, and schools were miles away.

In spite of this, the group always remained in solidarity that they were all good friends, " cared for each other a lot " and supported each other through difficult times in the group.

In spite of some minor controversies, McAleese remained popular and her Presidency is regarded as successful.

In spite of the failure of the collaboration, Norbert Rillieux remained focused on improving the sugar refining process, developing his machine between 1834 and 1843, when he patented it.

In spite of all measures of repression, it remained strong and popular until the fall of the Second Bulgarian Empire in the end of the 14th century.

A year later, he finally took up residence at Bourges, where he remained till his death in 1590, in spite of a handsome offer made him by pope Gregory XIII in 1584 to attract him to Bologna.

In spite of having one of the best reputations among the Liverpool scene, " Everything's Alright " remained their only major hit, with only two other singles charting low in the UK Singles Chart in 1964.

In any case, in spite of occasional disagreements, Morny's influence with the emperor remained great, and the liberal policies which he advocated enabled him to serve the imperial cause through his influence with the leaders of the opposition, the most conspicuous of whom, Émile Ollivier, was detached from his colleagues by his efforts.