In any case, the test was clearly disappointing, and David O. Selznick, who had signed Astaire to RKO and commissioned the test, stated in a memo, " I am uncertain about the man, but I feel, in spite of his enormous ears and bad chin line, that his charm is so tremendous that it comes through even on this wretched test.

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.

Raymond Chen, a Microsoft developer who works on the Windows API, has said: " I could probably write for months solely about bad things apps do and what we had to do to get them to work again ( often in spite of themselves ).

For example, concepts such as " bad fortune will be tailored to the individual " and " good fortune will occur in spite of the individual's actions " are sometimes given as examples of Sod's law in action.

During this period, he sought to expand the reach of the empire and ride long distances on horseback, in spite of having a bad back.

However, in spite of this bad press, and unlike the NFL's previous rivals, the AFL was able to survive and grow.

In spite, Pearl turned to the press, which gained Darnell some bad publicity.

In spite of the short length, this river has a bad reputation.

In this command, besides his usual truculence and bad manners, he displayed conspicuous personal bravery, and in spite of the general dislike into which his vices brought him his services were so valuable that he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel ( 1743 ) and colonel ( 1744 ).

In spite of my bad experience of a few years ago the call to adventure still stirred my blood.

On the morning of May 25, in spite of bad weather, a crowd gathered in the Plaza de la Victoria, as did the militia led by Domingo French and Antonio Beruti.

About this time, Debbie Harris is released from jail, and, having redeemed herself, she and Foggy start to date again, in spite of people's warnings that it would be bad for his career as a District Attorney to date an ex-con.

In spite of his father's protestations of his thespian ambitions and his even having studied forestry ( which bored him ) at the University of Toronto, Manners resolutely pursued a stage career and appeared in both Broadway and out-of-town productions, one of which caused Le Gallienne to comment that he was " a very bad actor.

However, in spite of earning many bad reports, he managed to graduate at the age of 20.

Since 1591, the Irish rebels had been seeking help from Spain, and in 1601, in spite of bad weather a Spanish landing finally materialized.

Barefoot children begged for bread " adding " But it wasn't only the poverty, though that was bad enough, it was the recrimination, the malice, the spite, the ill-will and the hatred.

" Despite this initial reaction, O ' Connor grudgingly went on to say, " Actually the post-1964 Model 70 is not a bad rifle in spite of the fact that rifle aficionados have never taken it to their bosoms the way they did its predecessor.

" Roger Greenspun of the New York Times saw it differently: " If it were an ordinary bad movie ( and it is a very bad movie ), WUSA might, in spite of the distinguished names, and less distinguished presence, of its leading actors, be dismissed with no more than a nod to the tension between Rosenberg's ponderously emphatic direction, and Robert Stone's ponderously allusive screenplay.

In spite of his emphatic declaration that science is not technology, Dewdney seems here to pillory neural nets as bad science when most of those devising them are just trying to be good engineers.

Baroda on the contrary has fallen back on a bad patch in spite of their tradition of such skilled players and expert coaches is something beyond imagination.

In spite of the bad press and development problems, the Army continued to press for the system's deployment as they had no other system in the pipeline to replace it.

In spite of her worrying of being late for her flight, she arrives at the airport on time and soon finds that flights have been delayed because of bad weather.

The dean Ms. Traverse ( Patricia Clarkson ) accepts Heather in spite of the bad financial condition of her father.

In spite of unfavourable political conditions and losing contact with technical development in non-communist countries, Škoda retained a good reputation until the 1960s, producing models such as the Škoda 440 Spartak, 445 Octavia, Felicia and Škoda 1000 MB.

Yet in spite of Josquin's colossal reputation, which endured until the beginning of the Baroque era and was revived in the 20th century, his biography is shadowy, and we know next to nothing about his personality.

In spite of Vietnam and the unfolding Watergate affair, which threatened to discredit the entire Nixon administration, Laird retired with his reputation intact.

More pointedly, Newcomb had earned a reputation for spite and malice, apparently seeking to destroy the careers and reputations of rival scientists.

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.

In spite of his reputation among his fellow recruits as an exemplary Marine, Whitman continued to gamble during his spell at Camp Lejeune.

In spite of his often unsympathetic manner, his extreme reserve and idiosyncrasy in dealing with others, he had gained the affection of his fellow townspeople and an almost universal reputation before his death.

In spite of his arrogant and contentious disposition, his contemporary reputation was high, judging him so distinguished by his learning and talents that, according to Jacques August de Thou, none of the ancients could be placed above him, and the age in which he lived could not show his equal.

In spite of its reputation as the beginning of the Resistance and Free French, historians have shown that the appeal was heard only by a minority of French people.

Subsequent generations of historians also believed that Jane's testimony against her husband and sister-in-law in 1536 was motivated by spite rather than any actual belief in their guilt, hence her generally unfavourable historical reputation.

Though the Roma are primarily known as the performers of Hungarian styles like verbunkos, they have their own form of folk music that is largely without instrumentation, in spite of their reputation in that field outside of the Roma community.

Yet his posthumous reputation seems to have suffered in consequence, in spite of all his Gallic sympathies and not unsuccessful endeavours to apotheosize the " Irish Brigade ".

The Empire was not paying its way in spite of its reputation, and if it were to be saved Parkes would have to give his whole time to it.

In spite of his " failure " as a playing coach of North Melbourne, Blight would cement his reputation as one of the greatest coaches during his stints with and, before finishing up in an acrimonious circumstances at.

In spite of this, Maringá still preserves a reputation of green city.

In spite of the troubles of the times, so fatal to poetic fame, his reputation steadily increased, and when, on his return to England in 1656, he published a volume of his collected poetical works, he found himself without a rival in public esteem.

Its long stroke and large capacity made for very good ' towing ' torque, while its thick castings and relatively loose tolerances gave it a reputation for reliability in spite of abuse.

In spite of the failure of Cora in 1791 and the banning of Adrien for political reasons the year after that, Méhul consolidated his reputation with works such as Stratonice and Mélidore et Phrosine.

" But in spite of this lukewarm commendation Havelock proved himself the man for the occasion and won a reputation as a great military leader.

In spite of his reputation as a non-slugger, Mazeroski actually hit another decisive home run in the 1960 Series, tallying half of the Pirate team total over the seven games.

Knox, who was present that day, described him as " the finest all-round one-day cricketer of his time, alongside Viv Richards ", in spite of the fact that " his reputation is built on stodge and defiance ".

In spite of earning this reputation, O ' Hanlon also introduced law to curb smoking in public places.

In spite of his declarations for the new power, his aristocratic acquaintances and his reputation made him fall in disgrace.

In spite of being a perennial lower table side, Bochum developed a reputation for tenaciousness on the field in a run of twenty seasons at the top flight.

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.