In spite of the fact that Britain was in the midst of fighting several other countries, the ensuing war proved difficult for the Dutch to cope with and the Republic was eventually forced to cede some territory to the British.

In the ensuing investigation it was discovered that the handlers had forced the locking handle closed in spite of the fact that the latches had not fully engaged, because of an electrical problem.

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.

In spite of a major label bidding war, Huggy Bear stayed with indie label Wiiija.

Likewise, out of the Dischord label, Interscope Records would sign Helmet after a reportedly " ferocious " bidding war between several major record companies, and while MTV would air some videos by the group, which by the time of the release of their major-label debut Meantime, was considered then as " the only band close to the Seattle grunge sound " on the American East Coast and would be hailed as " the next big thing ", these expectations would " never be fully realized " in spite of the record's later influence.

In spite of the armistice negotiated by Amadee two years earlier, the war between Bishop Guillaume of Lausanne and Louis of Savoy was still going on, and although little is known about it, that little proves that it was yet another phase of the struggle against French expansion and was closely interwoven with the larger conflict.

Here he was, suddenly caught up in the delirium of a war, in the spite and calumny of Whigs and Tories.

If we fail to develop the means to hunt down and destroy the enemy's military force with extreme care and precision, and if war comes in spite of our most ardent desires for peace, our choice of alternatives will be truly frightening.

An example of the development of tank destroyer technology throughout the war are the Marder III and Hetzer vehicle, that were very different in spite of being based on the same chassis: Marder was straightforwardly an anti-tank gun on tracks whereas Hetzer traded some firepower ( its Pak 39, designed to operate within the confines of a fully-armored fighting compartment, fires the same projectiles from a reduced propellant charge compared to Marder's Pak 40 ) for better armor protection and ease of battlefield concealment.

Since the 2002 civil war in Côte d ' Ivoire, relations between it and Burkina Faso have been filled with accusations of Burkinabé support for rebels on one side and claims of mistreatment of Burkinabé workers on the other .< ref > Blaise Campaoré :<< La crise ivoirienne inquiète le Burkina >>, Le Figaro, December 11, 2005 </ ref > Côte d ' Ivoire remains Burkina Faso's largest regional trading partner in spite of their disputes and tens of thousands of Burkinabés continue to work in the Ivory Coast.

But in spite of the wholesale massacre of Cathars during the war, Catharism was not yet extinguished.

* October 23 – In Paris, the Vietnam-backed government of the state of Cambodia signs an agreement with the Khmer Rouge to end the civil war and bring the Khmer Rouge into government in spite of its role in the Cambodian genocide.

Italy was ill-prepared for war, in spite of the fact that it had continuously been involved in conflict since 1935, first with Ethiopia in 1935 – 1936 and then in the Spanish Civil War on the side of Francisco Franco's Nationalists.

In spite of disruptions caused by war, it won a crucial contract to print textbooks for the Central Provinces in 1915 and this helped to stabilize its fortunes in this difficult phase.

In spite of his advanced age ( around 70 ) he prosecuted the war against Prince Louis and the rebel barons with remarkable energy.

In spite of the drain of the war in Asia and the large sums spent by Theophilos on building, commerce, industry, the finances of the Empire were in a most flourishing condition, the credit of which was in great measure due to the highly efficient administration of the department.

In spite of his epilepsy, John III had provided active leadership in both peace and war.

It's a tender story of a bored and broken man seeking redemption, pouring himself into a cause that he finds important that everyone else thinks is a laughable joke, and finding spiritual enlightenment in spite of his entire endeavor being twisted by corrupt politicians as an excuse to wage war.

Jan C. Smuts wrote in 1906 of the Raid, " The Jameson Raid was the real declaration of war ... And that is so in spite of the four years of truce that followed ... aggressors consolidated their alliance ... the defenders on the other hand silently and grimly prepared for the inevitable.

This produced mixed results as in spite of securing American independence France was able to extract little material gain from the war, while the costs of fighting damaged French national finances in the run up to the Revolution.

The Sultant threatened to build up a large fleet and invade the island, potentially provoking a major war in the Meditarranean in which France would have to defend Malta in spite of the global war it was already fighting.

In spite of his doubts, Vergennes was successful in persuading the Ottomans to declare war against Russia, and in 1768 the Russo-Turkish War broke out.

Schwarzschild concluded the letter by writing: " As you see, the war treated me kindly enough, in spite of the heavy gunfire, to allow me to get away from it all and take this walk in the land of your ideas.

In spite of the war, the IOC organized many events to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation at its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

In spite of the candid language and depictions of guerilla war and gory violence, the book feels more like a 19th-century classic along the lines of Melville and Conrad than a modern blood-and-guts thriller, although it serves quite well in the latter capacity.

In spite of enormous efforts, accuracies for horizontal bombing throughout the war was generally measured in thousands of yards.

In spite of this the Treaty of Ryswick returned the territorial borders to where they had been before the war ( status quo ante bellum ).

Under these circumstances, a case where the affidavit was proved ineffective emerged in 1961 and in spite of — rather than because of — protest prior to 1961, the disclaimer requirement was excised.

In spite of a 3-2 vote by the Carmel Town Board in favor of the traditional Indian pronunciation, no consensus has emerged, the modern-day first-syllable-inflected " MAY-o-pac " being used by a large number of residents today.

In spite of the controversy, jazz emerged as the dominant sound of the country in the late 1920s in popularized forms that some called watered down, like swing music and big band.

This was in spite of very disturbing evidence that emerged during the pre-trial interviews.

The “ zero-to-hero ” tale turned Liu into an international icon in spite of a frame far slighter than that of the folk hero himself ( known as “ Iron Arms ” for the muscularity of his physique ) and paved the way for a very healthy working schedule into the mid-1990s, even as younger, more agile martial artists eventually emerged.

Interestingly, the geographic borderlines between the different accents ( isoglosses ) coincide strongly with the borders of the states and also with the border with Bavaria, with Bavarians having a markedly different rhythm of speech in spite of the similarities in the language.

In spite of the large evolutionary distance between insects and mammals, many aspects of Drosophila neurogenetics have turned out to be relevant to humans.

Generally, a patient who is unable to voluntarily open the eyes, does not have a sleep-wake cycle, is unresponsive in spite of strong tactile ( painful ), or verbal stimuli and who generally scores between 3 to 8 on the Glasgow Coma Scale is considered to be in coma.

This in spite of the fact that tools may exist to help migration between specific DBMS.

Alan Watts ( 1975: xix ) explains using Wade – Giles " in spite of its defects " but writes: " No uninitiated English-speaking person could guess how to pronounce it, and I have even thought, in a jocularly malicious state of mind, that Professors Wade and Giles invented it so as to erect a barrier between profane and illiterate people and true scholars.

The relationship between Agricola and the Emperor is unclear: on the one hand, Agricola was awarded triumphal decorations and a statue, on the other, Agricola never again held a civil or military post in spite of his experience and renown.

This occurs in spite of the distinctions military forces attempt to make between officers and enlisted men.

In spite of this, relations between the Emperor and the Elector were not friendly, and during the next few years Joachim was frequently in communication with Charles ' enemies.

In spite of its unprecedented macroeconomic stability, which has reduced inflation and interest rates to record lows and has increased per capita income, enormous gaps remain between the urban and the rural population, the northern and southern states, and the rich and the poor.

Prior to the December 1984 coup that brought Taya to power, the Mauritanian-Moroccan cooperation agency stated that relations between the two countries were on the mend in spite of alleged Moroccan complicity in a 1981 coup attempt and Mauritania's subsequent turn toward Algeria.

In spite of the big sibling rivalry that has resulted in trash talk between the players, both teams have formed an unexpected and consequently strong partnership sharing Giants Stadium for twenty six years and MetLife Stadium, a venture in which both teams own a fifty percent share of the stadium.

In spite of these reforms, the conquered lands and the city itself were harassed by the rivalry between the two families of Della Gherardesca and Visconti.

Thus jet engines, with a better match between speed and jet exhaust speed ( such as turbofans )— in spite of their worse )— dominate for subsonic and supersonic atmospheric use, while rockets work best at hypersonic speeds.

The ferries are inexpensive, in spite of the minimum 2½ – 3 hour travel time between Port of Spain and Scarborough.

Still, in spite of this hostile climate, the Hungarian Jesuit János Sajnovics suggested a relationship between Hungarian and Sami ( Lapp ) in 1770, and in 1799, the Hungarian Sámuel Gyarmathi published the most complete work on Finno-Ugric to that date.

In spite of the Orthodox Church's opposition to marriage between first cousins, the couple married on 23 January 1906: their first two children, Fyodor ( Theodore ) and Ludmila, were born in 1907 and 1908, respectively.

" In spite of the strained relations between them in the last years of Luther's life, Melanchthon exclaimed at Luther's death, " Dead is the horseman and chariot of Israel who ruled the Church in this last age of the world!

Some still believe they are integral parts of the book in spite of some style differences and narrative contradictions between these two chapters and the rest of the book.

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 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.

On the other hand, the contest between Charles and Suleiman for the mastery of the Mediterranean was decided in favour of the Sultan, in spite of Spanish victories such as the Conquest of Tunis in 1535.

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.

To spite his neighbor, the butcher built between their adjoining houses a narrow, two-story structure with windows covered by Venetian blinds.