However, in spite of their internal turmoil, Sook Jai took an early lead in the tribal challenges, winning 5 of the first 7 challenges.

In spite of the challenges of poor health and political unrest in Canada, the Major-General said of his commission to represent the Queen: " If God wants me to do this job, He will give me the strength to do it.

This award is given a Mom who inspires others, in spite of career and family challenges.

Following the death of the lions, the book tells of the bridge ’ s completion in spite of additional challenges ( such as a fierce flood ) as well as many stories concerning local wildlife ( including other lions ), local tribes, the discovery of the maneaters ' cave, and various hunting expeditions.

As queen, Urraca rose to the challenges presented to her and her solutions were pragmatic ones, according to Reilly, and laid the foundation for the reign of her son Alfonso VII, who in spite of the opposition of Urraca's lover Pedro González de Lara succeeded to the throne of a kingdom whole and at peace at Urraca ’ s death in 1126.

In spite of these challenges and added demands on their time ( in order to carry out the repair work ), they still accomplished all mission goals-spacewalk, flyaround, and one-hundred percent of the planned U. S. science experiments.

In spite of all these challenges, many former residents of communal apartments look back fondly on the sense of family they had with their neighbors.

However, in spite of these challenges it eventually spread worldwide, with close to 300, 000 practitioners.

Glaeser and Gyourko ( 2008 ) observed that in spite of the mortgage meltdown and the ensuing drop in housing prices, Americans continue to face housing affordability challenges.

The highly intellectual minds that Krim says he encountered, in the Village did their work in spite of,, not because of, any Village atmosphere.

The SWOC encountered equally serious problems: after winning union recognition after a strike against Jones & Laughlin Steel, SWOC's strikes against the rest of " Little Steel ," i. e., Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, National Steel, Inland Steel American Rolling Mills and Republic Steel failed, in spite of support from organizations like the Catholic Radical Alliance.

In spite of the problems encountered with the cull, the farmers of the region once again requested military assistance in 1934, 1943 and 1948, only to be turned down by the Government.

In spite of his father's disapproval, he soon became friends with the shy, gifted Minkowski.

) In spite of the LP's success, soon after its release a contractual dispute with their label, Virgin Records, saw XTC go " on strike " from 1992 through 1998, which finally resulted in the termination of their contract.

In spite of the conclusion of the Peace of Travendal in 1700, there was soon a Swedish invasion and threats from Europe's western naval powers.

In spite of the commercial failure of Straight Out the Jungle, Warner Bros. Records soon signed the group and released Done By the Forces of Nature in January 1990.

In spite of Turtle Soups positive reception from the music press, its commercial success was marginal and the band soon began to disintegrate.

His website indicates that he is still recovering from the traumatic brain injury that he received, and that his family hopes he will soon be able to " continue to work so that, in spite of his injury, he can enjoy a quality of life in keeping with his imagination, intelligence, and service to his Church and community.

He soon found that he disliked London, in spite of the friendship of Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle.

In spite of this he was admitted to the Lords, where he was staunchly defended by Lord Thurlow, and his declining health soon made the issue irrelevant.

In spite of this, laws regarding mixed-sex bathing were soon relaxed again.

In spite of the endeavours of their rulers, Poles and Lithuanians did not wish to attack the kindred Czechs ; the Germans were prevented by internal discord from taking joint action against the Hussites ; and the King of Denmark, who had landed in Germany with a large force intending to take part in the crusade, soon returned to his own country.

A small Bulgarian unit, which soon became a full division moved into the city and immediately started an attempt to establish a condominium in spite of initial assurances to the contrary, showing no intentions to leave.

This attack soon developed and in spite of the cactus hedges forcing a dismounted attack, progress was rapid.

Called to a professorship at the University of Marburg, the oldest Protestant university in the world with one of the most distinguished Divinity Schools in Germany, he soon received the main Chair of Old Testament, which, in spite of many calls to other universities, he held until his retirement.

In spite of the rough start, Reed soon became an accepted member of the group and his work was heard on the majority of tracks on both albums.

In the Midlands, in spite of a Parliamentary victory won by Sir William Brereton at the Battle of Nantwich on 28 January, the Royalists of Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Leicestershire soon extended their influence through Ashby-de-la-Zouch into Nottinghamshire and joined hands with their friends at Newark.

In spite of this, the Spaniards soon took the natives and their generosity for granted and as a result, the Querandíes ended relations with the white men and relocated further away from the Spanish settlement.

The police initially thought they had a gang of common criminals but, in spite of the orders to the contrary, Nicoletti soon declared that they were Argentine agents.

In spite of the heavy fire opened on him as soon as he moved, he went straight through from cover to cover and eventually delivered the message.

In spite of his loss, Schmidt was soon experimenting and inventing again.

She soon figures out Aiden is fully human, but she is still attracted to him and pursues a relationship in spite of her mother Esmé's disapproval.

It soon became obvious he was heading for a move out of Tyneside, in spite of his popularity among Geordie supporters, some of whom had nicknamed him " David Copperfield " because of his ability to conjure up magic.

In the second book ( Magic's Promise ), although Vanyel has ceased to blame himself for Tylendel's death, and in spite of the twelve years separating the books, he is still desperately lonely, and misses his former lover, soon becoming confused about his sexuality and his relationships with others.

" In spite of the feud, over a decade later Chadwick would confess that he had soon come to want Bickers to return to The House of Love ( and that he had hated seeing his volatile former bandmate caricatured in the press as " Bonkers Bickers " over the next few years ) but had failed to actually communicate this to Bickers himself.

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.

Nevertheless, in spite of Rutherford's estimation that gold had a central charge of about 100 ( but was element Z = 79 on the periodic table ), a month after Rutherford's paper appeared, Antonius van den Broek first formally suggested that the central charge and number of electrons in an atom was exactly equal to its place in the periodic table ( also known as element number, atomic number, and symbolized Z ).

Deirdre was freed after three weeks, with Granada stating that they had always intended for her to be released, in spite of the media interest.

These women continued to adhere to traditional practices such as Christian burials and naming their children after saints in spite of revolutionary decrees to the contrary.

The title is a reference to the line uttered by Hamlet to Horatio after being visited by his father's ghost and learning that his uncle Claudius murdered his father ; in short, a shocking supernatural event that fundamentally alters the way Hamlet perceives the state and the universe (" The time is out of joint ; O cursed spite !/ That ever I was born to set it right!

In spite of the strong representations of the Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum, written in 871 to influence the pope, though not avowing this purpose, Rome declared emphatically for Methodius, and sent a bishop, Paul of Ancons, to reinstate him and punish his enemies, after which both parties were commanded to appear in Rome with the legate.

In spite of the company's attempts to claim that the tank had been blown up by anarchists ( because some of the alcohol produced was to be used in making munitions ), a court-appointed auditor found USIA responsible after three years of hearings.

That, she probably did not do out of spite to her son: for, whilst Arthur lived economically well-off, having not only preserved but even doubled his share of his father's wealth, Adele, as Johanna foresaw, would pass financial difficulties after her mother's death — something in which the spendthrift Johanna played no small role.

But after the retreat from Russia, in spite of incomplete victories, France was beaten by the sixth coalition at Leipzig and the seventh coalition at Waterloo.

Deep Purple had originally agreed to open the entire U. S. leg of the tour, but Cream's management removed them after only three shows, in spite of favourable reviews and good rapport between the bands.

In spite of the injury, and being targeted by the Leeds forwards, he made crucial saves throughout the match, denying both Peter Lorimer and Terry Cooper, and resisted more pressure from Leeds after Chelsea had taken the lead in extra time to help secure a 2 – 1 win.

In spite of it, Zaharoff used perverted methods, well-known later on, and was able to made controversy between the inventor and his own government and obtained, in the end, the Spanish government's disapproval of the invention of the submarine, which would have been a formidable weapon in the conflict with the United States, several years after.

Soon after the razing of the village, several towns in various countries were named after it ( such as San Jerónimo-Lídice in Mexico City, Barrio Lídice and its hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, Lídice de Capira in Panama, and towns in Brazil ), so that the name would live on in spite of Hitler's intentions.

Skeptics noted that Hu Jintao made a statement praising the governments of Cuba and North Korea ( in spite of their economic " flaws ") shortly after announcing Hu Yaobang's public commemoration, implying that it would be unlikely that the party would pursue a dramatic programme of political reform in the near future.

In spite of her successes, Blankers-Koen nearly failed to start in the semi-finals of the 200 m, held the day after hurdles final.

He starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in the 2012 HBO TV series Luck, which in spite of being renewed for a second season after only one episode, was canceled by HBO in March 2012 due to the death of three horses during filming.

Thereafter the capital of Ulster was called Emain Macha, or " Macha's twins " ( in spite of the conflicting story according to which Emain Macha was named after " Macha's neck brooch ").

Once the house's irregularities become more extreme, Billy joins Will and Tom in a thorough analysis ; after Holloway and his men go missing, Billy, in spite of his handicap, insists on joining Will on the rescue mission, navigating the maze in his wheelchair.

" In spite of her successful performance, Witherspoon noted in an interview that she struggled to find work after completing the film, due to typecasting.

During a ski vacation in Argentina, several photographs were taken of the prince and his family during the private part of their holiday ( including one by Associated Press staff photographer Natacha Pisarenko ) in spite of the media code, and after a photo op had earlier been provided.

In spite of his special relationship with Hitler, after 1938 Streicher ’ s position began to unravel.

Soon after the emperors ' accession, Marcus ' eleven-year-old daughter, Annia Lucilla, was betrothed to Lucius ( in spite of the fact that he was, formally, her uncle ).

In spite of this Hillery was not interested in the top job in government and, in the end, Lynch succeeded Lemass after a leadership contest with Colley.

One story exists where Lynch, in spite of tremendous pressure from Seán Lemass and the entire Fianna Fáil party to stand for the leadership, only accepted the nomination after Máirín had agreed.