England established a trading relationship with Morocco in opposition to Spain, selling armour, ammunition, timber, and metal in exchange for Moroccan sugar, in spite of a Papal ban.

In spite of the formal racing ban, speed record attempts continued with Goldie Gardner exceeding in the 1100 cc EX135 in 1939.

In spite of the imperial ban, he devastated its lands, intercepted its commerce, and desisted only when his demands were granted.

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

Al-Dawa organizes Marad al-Ras, in spite of government ban.

In spite of tough opposition, Martin introduced a ban on tobacco smoking in all Irish workplaces, including pubs and restaurants.

George Washington often quoted Addison's Cato and had it performed during the winter at Valley Forge, in spite of a Congressional ban on such performances.

His death inspired Maduro to aspire to the presidency and gave him the popularity that allowed him to first register and then be elected as a presidential candidate, in spite of a constitutional ban on those not born in Honduras from becoming President.

In spite of the ban, the play was unofficially produced and read numerous times.

In spite of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty which attempts to ban land mines they continue to kill or injure 20, 000 civilians each year around the world.

However, in 2003 it was revealed that the Swedish Security Service ( Säpo ) already in 1970 had been secretly instructed by the Swedish government to continue surveillance of " key individuals " in some twenty organisations on the far left and far right of Swedish politics, in spite of that ban.

In spite of the yearly ban on firecrackers, many Filipinos in the Philippines still see these as the traditional means to greet the New Year.

The devotion to Our Lady of Šiluva was suppressed once again during the partition of Lithuania since the event had become a venue for sharing Lithuanian religious and secular books that were smuggled in from Prussia – in spite of a Tsarist ban of any Lithuanian publications in Latin characters.

In spite of the Supreme Court's 1991 ban on mining in the area, marble mining continues to threaten the environment.

Vieyra was trained in filmmaking at the prestigious Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographique ( IDHEC ) in Paris, and in spite of the ban on filmmaking in Africa, was granted permission to make a film in France.

The five Grand Sports eventually fell into the hands of private owners, and Zora was able to support them in spite of the official ban.

In spite of the hundred things he had on his mind, Winston went and put his arm around her waist.

In spite of this, he went to Italy in 1132 in the train of the king, and his services there were rewarded in 1134 by the investiture of the Northern March, which was again without a ruler.

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.

Between 170 and 180 the activities of Septimius Severus went largely unrecorded, in spite of the fact that he occupied an impressive number of posts in quick succession.

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.

In 1042 Harthacnut died while in England, and Magnus also became King of Denmark, in spite of a claim by Cnut's nephew Sweyn Estridsen, whom Harthacnut had left in control of Denmark when he went to England, and who had some support.

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.

The council went on ( in spite of the intervention of most of the powers ) to pronounce Eugene IV deposed ( 25 June 1439 ), giving rise to a new schism by electing ( 4 November 1439 ) duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy, as ( anti ) pope, who took the name of Felix V.

In spite of the religious strength in the Valley, the inhabitants were somewhat unconventional and still went to astrologers, quack doctors and prophets.

Roe maintains that he was not completely happy with half of the songs, although he went on to state that in spite of this, several of the songs such as " Fast Times at Dropout High " and " Road Signs and Rock Songs " were still to date some of the band's strongest of their earlier career.

The book went through a number of republishings-in the United States it acquired the even more confident subheader " This book will change your life ", in spite of its being a highly edited version of the original.

In spite of the neutral attitude taken by their government a number of the Free State Boers, living in the northern part of the country, went to the Transvaal and joined their brethren then in arms against the British.

In spite of this designation, Soap ranked # 13 for the 1977-78 season and went on to garner positive critical reviews and high ratings over the rest of its four-year run.

In spite of Spencer's efforts to secure the support of the Catholic hierarchy for the bill, they opposed it, and it went down to defeat in the commons in March 1873.

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.

The film performed poorly at the box office — in spite of Time magazine's prediction that it would " make a killing at the cash booths " and its assertion that Kubrick " has shown more audacity with dialogue and camera than Hollywood has seen since the obstreperous Orson Welles went riding out of town on an exhibitors ' poll "— but was critically acclaimed, landing on several critical Top-Ten lists for the year.

In spite of this success, Ford went ahead with a redesign for the Thunderbird to debut in 1961.

The combination was too strong for him ; a bill which he brought in for curbing the influence of the Church over education was defeated, the elections of 1869 went against him, and in spite of the continued support of the king he was forced to resign ( 7 March 1870 ).

In spite of these problems Barnet won promotion to Division Two, but the Bees were unable to sustain themselves at this level and went down after one season with just five league wins in the campaign.

After the October Revolution, Tukhachevsky joined the Russian Communist Party and went on to play a key role in the Red Army in spite of his noble ancestry.

-- a foolish girl -- in spite of all I could say or do -- would come after me -- or rather went before me -- for I found her here ...

Clandestine immigration went on in spite of the blockades, largely because of the work of Bricha and Aliyah Bet, two organized movements partially financed and supplied by JDC.

In spite of the Insurgency, the planned deportations to concentration and extermination camps went ahead without any delay.

In spite of the crisis, the colonial administration continued to make huge profits which were not invested on the island but either went into military expenditures ( 44 % of the revenue ), paid for the colonial government's expenses ( 41 %), or were sent to Spain and Fernando Po ( 12 %).

Suggest the following twenty-first-century amendment: By moving the term `` Republic '' to lower case, substituting the modern phrase, `` move ahead '' for the stodgy `` keep '', and by using the Postmaster's name on every envelope ( in caps, of course, with the `` in spite '' as faded as possible ), the slogan cannot fail.

In spite of the rather slow post-recession recovery, in terms of income per capita Croatia is still ahead of some European Union member states such as Bulgaria, Romania and Latvia.

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 two schedule setbacks – the discovery of 16 unexploded World War II bombs lying on the seafloor and an inadvertently skewed tunnel segment – the bridge-tunnel was finished three months ahead of schedule.

In spite of this, the government decided to press ahead with the Bill, and had it introduced in Parliament by Sir George Savile.

In spite of these problems in both the broadcast and display systems, RCA pressed ahead with development and was ready for a second assault on the standards by 1950.

Certain that Samuel has timed his death to spite him, Alfred goes ahead with the ceremony.

In spite of the issues, Sevilla advanced in first place in its Champions League group ahead of Arsenal before being knocked out in the last 16 on penalties to Fenerbahce of Turkey.

About 9am Hawke gave the signal for general chase, along with a new signal for the first 7 ships to form a line ahead and, in spite of the weather and the dangerous waters, set full sail.

In spite of these problems, Caldwell pressed ahead and the company moved into their new home in 1980, rechristening the theatre the Boston Opera House.

Royce accepted the fact that he had not and could not offer a complete or satisfactory account of the " relation of the individual minds to the all-embracing mind ” ( see RAP, p. 371 ), but he pushes ahead in spite of this difficulty to offer the best account he can manage.

Channon won the nomination to his father's seat ahead of 129 other applicants and in spite of a campaign in Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express against the apparent nepotism.

Candescent pushed ahead with development in spite of problems, breaking ground on a new production facility in Silicon Valley in 1998, partnering with Sony.

In spite of all the difficulties, the construction finished 10 months ahead of the date specified in the contract, which was eight years.

They lost at home to the Atlanta Falcons 27-20, in spite of finishing one game ahead of the Falcons in the NFC West during the regular season.

In spite of a petition organised by estate residents and the intervention of the borough council, the TSB went ahead and closed the premises.

In spite of this defeat, Standard managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup as they were 6 points ahead of Mouscron after the 32nd matchday.

In spite of the UMTA program in the US being " de-funded " that year, Detroit pressed ahead with their plans and signed up in August.

One of the recurring themes in this telenovela is friendship, which is best exemplified by the story of Gabriela and Marcela, two high school students who struggle to get ahead and maintain their friendship alive in spite of the painful experiences they go through and the many obstacles that threaten to drive them apart.