Mr. Blatz had been at least sober enough to remember to telephone and he turned out to be the greatest boon that had come into Mr. Crombie's life since he moved to Highfield, in spite of the fact that he didn't work very fast or very long at a time, and he didn't like to work at all unless Mr. Crombie hung around and talked to him.

In spite of all the pitfalls, there is a certain amount of agreement on some of the giants.

The original D minor seems to symbolize blindness, inescapable in spite of all attempts to move away from it.

But, in spite of all this, enough evidence remains to show that the magic square of three must indeed have been the object of a rather extensive cult -- or series of cults -- reaching fullest expression in the Han period.

Never forget that you can still do your share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and frustrations and disappointments.

The opening track, "' Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum ', includes many references to parades in Mardi Gras in New Orleans, where participants are masked, and " determined to go all the way " of the parade route, in spite of being intoxicated.

In spite of the name Cernunnos being attested nowhere else, it is commonly used in Celtological literature as describing all comparable depictions of horned deities.

If in spite of all his advice someone persisted in making idols, he would have them punished by the Patingatis ( Parava headsman ) by exile .... One day when he heard that idols had been worshipped in the house of a Christian, he ordered the hut to be burnt down as a warning to others.

When discipline was restored, in spite of assurances that Spaniards who wished to remain would enjoy freedom of religion and full civil rights, almost all villagers decided not to run the risk of staying and left in exile.

While not featuring the censoring mosaics of the original Japanese version, the US release of La Blue Girl was edited during the initial VHS release and all scenes featuring Miko's companion Nin-Nin engaged in a sexual act were removed, probably to avoid the charge of pedophilia, in spite of the fact that the character is not a minor but a dwarf ninja.

Israel dismantled 18 settlements in the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, and all 21 in the Gaza Strip and 4 in the West Bank in 2005, but continues to both expand its settlements and settle new areas in the West Bank in spite of the Oslo Accords which barred both Israeli and Palestinians from undertaking unilateral actions that would alter the status quo.

Eventually, beset by delays and in spite of all of the media coverage and apparent demand for the machine, the project ultimately went under when Konix ran out of cash without a completed system ever being released.

The Adi-parva includes the snake sacrifice ( sarpasattra ) of Janamejaya, explaining its motivation, detailing why all snakes in existence were intended to be destroyed, and why in spite of this, there are still snakes in existence.

Although all the other lights were extinguished, that light burned oil, in spite of the fact that it had been kindled first.

In spite of the agreement, all the parties of the trial: prosecution, defendant and the victim as an auxiliary prosecutor ( in Poland, the victim may declare that he wants to act as an " auxiliary prosecutor " and consequently gains the rights similar to official prosecutor )-have the right to appeal.

In spite of the metaphysical subject, the Commedia is deeply rooted in the cultural and social milieu of turn-of-the-century Florence: Dante's rise to power ( 1300 ) and exile ( 1302 ), his political passions call for a " violent " use of language, where he uses all the registers, from low and trivial to sublime and philosophical.

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 this, Brecht never envisioned a version of the play in Germany, intending it for the American stage all along.

In spite of all the evidence, people underappreciate or, more often, ignore the political implications of the therapeutic character of Nazism and of the use of medical metaphors in modern democracies.

In spite of this, Lauda's move is seen as one of the bravest examples in motor racing, especially since it lost the title for Ferrari of all teams.

The Huntington Library retained the Nuremberg Laws in a basement vault in spite of a legal instruction in 1969 by the general's family to turn over all of his papers to the Library of Congress.

Still in spite of all his blunders, it is clear that, for a short time at least, middle-class opinion was, on the whole, favourable to him ; and had he been wise, he might perhaps have been able to defy any hostile combination.

But in spite of all the efforts of the Antiochene party, the representatives of the envoys whom the council was eventually allowed to send, with the legate Philip, to the Court, persuaded the emperor to accept Cyril's council as the true one.

Hill and his men worked in spite of all obstacles — including a presidential veto of a bill that would have allowed Hill legally to build through American Indian territory ( the law preventing Hill from laying track across Indian territories was later repealed under President Grover Cleveland, who like Hill was a Bourbon Democrat ).

Their reliability as indicators of consciousness is disputed, however, due to numerous studies showing that alert human subjects can be induced to behave purposefully in a variety of ways in spite of reporting a complete lack of awareness.

In spite of this, Pierre showed a strong will to learn, and spent much time in the school library with a pile of books, exploring a variety of subjects in his free time outside of class.

Core skills shared by all public access service dogs include proofing to work in spite of distractions and generalization to work in a variety of venues.

In spite of his reputation as slow and lazy, Jughead is frequently shown to be extremely intelligent, and often surprises his skeptical friends ( notably Reggie Mantle and Veronica Lodge ) with his vast knowledge on a wide variety of subjects, including history, Shakespeare, sports, and science.

Reliability of high-power diode laser pump bars ( used to pump solid-state lasers ) remains a difficult problem in a variety of applications, in spite of these proprietary advances.

In spite of the ban he toured in Dresden, Vienna and Budapest in variety shows, restaurants and amusement parks.

In spite of the large variety of these proteins, however, the vast majority typically function as interaction modules that bind DNA, RNA, proteins, or other small, useful molecules, and variations in structure primarily serve to alter the binding specificity of a particular protein.

In spite of this natural carnivorous design, dogs have still managed to evolve over thousands of years to survive on the meat and non-meat scraps and leftovers of human existence and thrive on a variety of foods.

In spite of his prolific output, which included the opera Maria Malibran, more than seven symphonies, a large variety of chamber works, and at least five concertos, his reputation today as a classical composer rests primarily on two oft-recorded pieces, the Suite of Old American Dances and Symphonic Songs for Band.

In spite of this, the area contains a wide variety of wildlife and evidence of human habitation from ancient times, which has attracted the attention of both tourists and researchers.

In spite of the fact that the Berdyansk spit-populous enough territory, its fauna differs of big variety.

The Harding Theater on Divisadero, closed for many years, is a local symbol of the power of a number of non-profit groups to stymie development, in spite of efforts to put forward a variety of proposals to use this potentially valuable piece of property.

Although he used a variety of Chestnut models in his films, including the " Pal ", his favourite boat was a red " Fort " Chestnut Prospector, a 16 foot canvas covered wood canoe that he claimed was the most versatile design ever manufactured, in spite of the popularity of more durable and modern construction techniques and materials.

It is these qualities for which it was selected to clad the exterior of the Lincoln Memorial and a variety of buildings throughout the country in spite of being more expensive than other marbles.

During 1967, they were signed to Buddah Records, where they released five LPs under their own name and a variety of singles, as well as appearing on the LP The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus, which sounded like the usual Buddha studio band in spite of its promotion as a " bubblegum superjam ".

In spite of their large size, uncompressed WAV files are sometimes used by some radio broadcasters, especially those that have adopted the tapeless system.

It has been shown that in spite of undue harshness in individual cases most of his criticisms have been substantially adopted by his successors.

MR. CHANNING ( Northamptonshire, E .) I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether 11 years ago, in reporting upon a serious collision on the Great Northern of Ireland Railway, between two portions of a train which had become separated, General Hutchinson pointed out to the Company that an automatic brake would have absolutely prevented the collision, by arresting the carriages the moment the separation occurred ; whether at that time the secretary of the company informed General Hutchinson that the simple vacuum brake, whose failure caused this accident, was being merely tried experimentally on the line, and that the company had not yet come to a decision as to what brake would be finally adopted ; and, whether, in spite of this recommendation, this simple vacuum brake, upon the failure of which General Hutchinson reported in 1878, has remained in use on the Great Northern of Ireland line ever since, and is the same brake that was in use in the recent disastrous collision near Armagh?

As she was childless, she adopted Louis I, Duke of Anjou as her heir, in spite of the claims of her cousin, the Prince of Durazzo, effectively setting up a junior Angevin line in competition with the senior line.

In spite of its anti-secessionist sentiments, the Whig was staunchly pro-slavery in the early days of the Civil War but, upon Brownlow's return from exile in 1863, the paper adopted an abolitionist stance.

The Roman numbering system arose with the very first discovery of natural satellites other than Earth's Moon: Galileo referred to the Galilean moons as I through IV ( counting from Jupiter outward ), in part to spite his rival Simon Marius, who had proposed the names now adopted, after his own proposal to name the bodies after members of the Medici family failed to win currency.

The indentured Indians and their descendants have actively contributed to the evolution of their adopted lands in spite of many difficulties.

This in spite of an NGO claiming to have adopted the Worli Village, where the fort is located. This Fort was on the verge of collapse and total disintegration until a few years ago. Finally, citizen awareness of preserving Mumbai's historical edifices and petitions in the media resulted in Mumbai's politicians deciding to repair all old monuments and forts in the city.

Marguerite d ' Youville and her colleagues adopted the particular black and brown dress of their religious institute in 1755: despite a lack of grey colour, they kept the nickname once used to spite them.

Kellogg was outspoken on his beliefs on race and segregation, in spite of the fact that he himself adopted a number of black children.

In spite of the usage by the US government, American news outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune and CNN, and US-based international news agencies the Associated Press and Reuters have adopted the name " Myanmar ".

In spite of the denigration, however, the style continued to gain widespread popularity and became mainstream ; it was adopted by Tin Pan Alley at the start of the 20th century.