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.

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.

In spite of the some of the edicts issued by Constantius, it should be recognised that he was not fanatically anti-pagan – he never made any attempt to disband the various Roman priestly colleges or the Vestal Virgins, he never acted against the various pagan schools, and, at times, he actually made some effort to protect paganism.

In spite of this, photography actually inspired artists to pursue other means of artistic expression, and rather than compete with photography to emulate reality, artists focused " on the one thing they could inevitably do better than the photograph — by further developing into an art form its very subjectivity in the conception of the image, the very subjectivity that photography eliminated ".

" Hare's version of prescriptivism requires that moral prescriptions be universalizable, and hence actually have objective values, in spite of failing to be indicative statements with truth-values per se.

Neil Kinnock's showing in the opinion polls dipped ; before Thatcher's resignation, Labour had been up to 10 points ahead of the Tories in the opinion polls ( an Ipsos MORI poll in April 1990 had actually shown Labour more than 20 points ahead of the Tories ), but many opinion polls were actually showing the Tories with more support than Labour, in spite of the deepening recession.

In spite of its being fortified, it actually was used as a private residence rather than a stronghold.

De Groot points out, in spite of the fact that epinephrine levels and catecholamine excretion are actually not elevated, propranolol ( it is presumed, acting by inhibition of alpha-adrenergic sympathetic activity ) reduces anxiety and tremor in a very useful manner, indicating some of the central nervous system irritability is a manifestation of elevated sensitivity to circulating epinephrine.

But her violent death marks the start of an increasingly bleak and violent chain of events ( influenced by co-writer Nick Davies ' documentary book Dark Heart ) which in spite of the director's denial that the film had " serious parallels " to Shakespeare's play, actually mirror aspects of its plot closely.

The principal among these are: ( a ) it has to be possible to make ( i. e., it has to actually exist ), in spite of its absurdity ; ( b ) it has to remain in the public domain ( i. e., it cannot be given a patent ); and ( c ) it must not be exclusively a vehicle for humor, or the warped satirical worldview of the inventor.

However, SpongeBob's low intelligence, unlimited optimistic cheer, and irritating behavior often leads him to perceive the outcome of numerous endeavors and the personalities of those around him as happier and sunnier than they often actually are ; for instance, he believes that Squidward enjoys his company in spite of the fact that he clearly loathes him.

:# The second obliged him to abide, not by the decision of all the estates together, as heretofore, but by that of the majority only, with the view of enabling, the actually dominant lower estates ( in which was a large Cap majority ) to rule without, and even in spite of, the nobility.

The historian Scott E. Hendrix presents a two-fold explanation for why these stories were so commonly told in spite of the fact that sabbats likely never actually occurred in his study " The Pursuit of Witches and the Sexual Discourse of the Sabbat.

Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of a possible 4 stars, noting, " It's the kind of movie where you start out snickering in spite of yourself, and end up actually admiring the originality that went into creating this hallucinatory slapstick.

In spite of often-repeated suggestions to the effect " that the name ' Eulenspiegel ' was used in tales of rogues and liars in Lower Saxony as early as 1400 ", previous references to a Till Eulenspiegel actually turn out to be surprisingly elusive, Paul Oppenheimer concludes.

The rules for " Eranu " and " Uvavu " are still read out ( usually with the final-u extended into a reference or comedy phrase ), but these phrases are not actually used during the round, and no " hidden special prizes " are ever awarded in spite of Vic saying that they exist and every category of the Dove being used in every show.

An Achilles ’ heel is a deadly weakness in spite of overall strength, that can actually or potentially lead to downfall.

In spite of being designed as a sketch comedy television program, the series is set in a fictional universe in which it also is broadcast as a popular television comedy as evidenced through staged mishaps with members of the viewing audience and performers featured the program and comedic sub-plots involving Amanda's unhealthily obsessed, nerdy, feckless self-proclaimed " Number One Fan " Penelope Tate, who has prioritized devising schemes that will assist her in achieving her lifelong goal of meeting Amanda before all else and her multiple failed attempts at landing a meeting with the hostess of the series ( as a gag, Amanda Bynes actually portrays Penelope in reality and the pair are never shown onscreen together ).

But, in spite of efforts by the Sons of Liberty to block its implementation, Georgia was the only colony to import and actually use the revenue stamps.

Besides that, his team gave up the vigil after 2 February in spite of the warnings ( confessions of co-accused in TADA Court shows that landing actually took place many days after team led by Thapa had left for Mumbai ) and that the smugglers, in fact, postponed the landing as they heard from sources that an ambush had been laid for them by Thapa.

In spite of such antics, Jacques actually likes Beetlejuice, and in one episode it is revealed that Beetlejuice likes Jacques despite his vehement pretensions to the contrary.

Terribly infuriated and feeling betrayed, she carried her spite so far as to be deeply compromised in a conspiracy against the king in 1608, but escaped with only a slight punishment after the plot was foiled, and in 1608 Henry actually took her back into favour again as one of his mistresses.

He was made coadjutor bishop of Toul, in spite of his youth, in 1619 and succeeded to the see in 1624, but never actually received any sacred orders.

In spite of its name, buckwheat is not related to wheat ; pure buckwheat is considered acceptable for a gluten-free diet, although many commercial buckwheat products are actually mixtures of wheat and buckwheat flours, and thus not acceptable.

" The whole procedure shooting rockets into space ... presents difficulties of so fundamental a nature, that we are forced to dismiss the notion as essentially impracticable, in spite of the author's insistent appeal to put aside prejudice and to recollect the supposed impossibility of heavier-than-air flight before it was actually accomplished "