The Danes, in spite of every discouragement, never ceased to strive for the preservation and extension of their national traditions and language ; the Germans were equally bent on effectually absorbing these recalcitrant Teutons into the general life of the German empire ; and to this end the uncertain status of the Danish optants was a useful means.

Critics maintain that, in spite of a host of similarities between the traditions, some of the similarities could be dismissed as common literary traditions and devices.

In spite of its conquerors, Attica managed to maintain its traditions.

Citing the school's 83-year history of honoring Native Americans, the school announced that in spite of no longer using names to designate athletic teams, the school traditions created to honor Native Americans will continue.

# In spite of many schisms, the Ethiopianist leaders formed a network, and interacted with each other more than they did with leaders of other traditions.

These facts has made it possible for the Weenhayek to maintain their unique cultural identity and traditions in spite of also embracing faith in Christianity.

The Jennings family approved the release in spite of the launch of a new business focused on his state.

The Huntington Library retained the Nuremberg Laws in a basement vault in spite of a legal instruction in 1969 by the general's family to turn over all of his papers to the Library of Congress.

The content of the decision ( e. g., the stock, amount, time and means ) is the product of an act of prudence, while the actual carrying out of the decision may involve other virtues like fortitude ( doing it in spite of fear of failure ) and justice ( doing his job well out of justice to his company and his family ).

In spite of some reported experiential similarities, αMT is chemically different from MDMA as it is from the tryptamine family.

This has generally been accepted, with biographers blaming his financial problems on his generosity towards his family and others, his inability to keep accounts ( in spite of advice from his friend the painter and diarist Joseph Farington ), and his magnificent but costly collection of Old Master drawings.

Nightingale worked hard to educate herself in the art and science of nursing, in spite of opposition from her family and the restrictive social code for affluent young English women.

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 surname and knowledge of the French language, Paris was of English birth, and is believed by some historians to be of the Paris family of Hildersham, Cambridgeshire.

Fonda portrayed a stoic north Florida beekeeper who, in spite of his tumultuous family life, imparts a sense of integrity to his wayward convict son, and takes risks in acting protectively toward his drug-abusing daughter-in-law.

This marriage was undertaken in spite of the opposition of Elizabeth's influential and very wealthy family.

The Waldeck-Rousseau family was strictly Catholic in spite of its republican principles ; nevertheless Waldeck-Rousseau supported the Jules Ferry laws on public, laic and mandatory education, enacted in 1881 – 1882.

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.

In spite of the conflicting political views of her children, Chamorro encouraged and hosted family dinners during which she insisted political affiliations were temporarily forgotten in the interest of family harmony.

In spite of their lack of money, the family was well-connected by marriage.

But in spite of their family relationship and their long friendship, James and his Treasurer did not agree.

They recognized thus, themselves, as " Basques " from Castile, as the former " Basque " Lords of Biscay had done in the Castilian kingdom, whereby a López de Haro was succeeded by his eldest son named however as a Díaz de Haro and then, the following Lord of Biscay, being described again as a López de Haro in spite of his father being known, politically speaking, as a " Díaz de Haro " and so on and on for some 3 centuries or so, alternating the family name, a genealogical fact ignored today by many Basque, and Castilian, people

In December 1987, cabinet agreed, in spite of Lange ’ s reservations, to a statement of principle that supported a flat rate of income tax and a new form of income assistance called guaranteed minimum family income ( GMFI ).

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

In 1629, Algernon married Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, " in spite of his father's deep disapproval, who said that ' the blood of a Percy would not mix with the blood of a Cecil if you poured it on a dish " ( Percy family history ).

In spite of his descent from a renowned Muslim family that played a pivotal role in strengthening Georgian and Islamic identities among the Muslims of Ajaria, Aslan Abashidze converted to Christianity.

Betting on the local support of the Cavendish family, he contested the North Lonsdale division of Lancashire, but in spite of the powerful influence of Lord Hartington, he was badly beaten at the poll.

Thus it became known as the " Castle of Spite " as it was widely considered that the Duchess located the castle there to spite her husband's family and the settlement agreement.

H. syriacus is a flowering shrub in the plant family Malvaceae native to much of Asia, though not, as Linnaeus thought, to Syria, in spite of the name he gave it.

In spite of this, the Aedui joined the Gallic coalition against Caesar ( B. G. vii.

Showing his loyalty to France, in spite of the harsh repression, he joined the French army to fighting the German invasion in 1940.

In 375 BC it again joined the Athenian alliance ; two years later it was besieged by a Spartan force, but in spite of the devastation of its flourishing countryside held out successfully until relieved.

In 1836, he joined James G. Birney in the editorial control of the Philanthropist ; in the following year he succeeded Birney as editor, and conducted the paper until 1847 in spite of threats and acts of violence – the printing office of the Philanthropist was wrecked three times by mobs.

In spite of Blueprint's great lead-it was running when MSDA was still a paper project-Lotus eventually joined the MSDA efforts as it became clear that SQL would become the de-facto database standard.

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.

He represented to the Jacobites — what was probably in the main true — that though eager for their success his weak health and advanced years prevented him from joining the standard of the prince in person, while to the Lord President Forbes he professed his cordial attachment to the existing state of things, but lamented that his son, in spite of all his remonstrances, had joined Bonnie Prince Charlie, and succeeded in taking with him a strong force from the clan of the Frasers.

In spite of this he joined Seanad Éireann as one of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera's nominees.

Ehrenburg never joined any religious denomination, in spite of his later flirtation with Catholicism.

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.

In spite of being a Catholic priest, Aglipay, like other Filipino revolutionaries, joined the Freemasons.

In 2003 he starred in Stuck On You, a comedy in which he played opposite Matt Damon as a conjoined twin who pursues his dream of becoming a Hollywood actor in spite of his joined brother's desire for a different kind of life.

For a period, he joined the Industrial Workers of the World ( known as the IWW or Wobblies ), who were the only revolutionary union organization existing in America that, in spite of national or sectoral differences, assembled all workers in One Big Union, so as to prepare the general strike to bring down capitalism.

When after a stay of more than a year the Swedish embassy prepared to return, Kaempfer joined the fleet of the Dutch East India Company in the Persian Gulf as chief surgeon, and in spite of fever caught at Bander Abbasi he found opportunity to see something of Arabia and of many of the western coast-lands of India.

In spite of his bad reputation, however, he was elected tribune in 71 BC, which meant that he again joined the Senate ; then praetor in 66 BC, and finally consul with Marcus Tullius Cicero in 63 BC.

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.

Upon his return to Spain, in spite of his leftist political past, he joined the Nationalist side, of which his brother Francisco was a main leader.

Had the Nien and Taipings joined forces, the Qing government would have been faced with a formidable threat, in spite of its alliances with European powers.

Pinsky found it ironic that Groening spoofed Scientology in spite of the fact that the voice of Bart Simpson, Nancy Cartwright, is a Scientologist, having joined in 1989.

In spite of his injuries, Hemingway joined Patrick and his wife on a planned fishing trip in February, but he was irascible and difficult to get along with.

In spite of having given his daughter Matlalchihuatzin in marriage to Ixtlilxóchitl, Huitzilíhuitl joined his father-in-law in making war on Texcoco.

In spite of advancing years, Wharton retained his wardenry throughout Mary's reign, the Earl of Northumberland being joined with him on 1 August 1557 when fresh trouble with the Scots was imminent ( owing to the war with France ).

He joined United at a time when they were entering their fourth season under the management of Alex Ferguson, but had yet to win a major trophy under him in spite of heavy spending on new players – with Webb arriving around the same time as Danny Wallace, Mike Phelan and Gary Pallister.

He worked in politics as a philosopher interested in learning the workings of government and people which led him to run as Senator representing the radical liberal party of the M-19 Democratic Alliance, even though he himself belonged to the Colombian Conservative Party, he said he joined the M-19 in spite of being a conservative because he " wanted to know how the people who had been in the mountain and had returned to civil life thought.