There were two more nominal bishops, but on the petition of the latter of these, the electoral prince John George, the secularisation of the bishopric was undertaken and finally accomplished, in spite of legal proceedings to reassert the imperial immediacy of the prince-bishopric within the Empire and so to likewise preserve the diocese, which dragged on into the seventeenth century.

In spite of these first impressions, the game has generally received positive reviews: Lafayette, for example, goes on to say that it is " really hard to fault GURPS Bunnies & Burrows ", as it is educational, realistic, whimsical and clever, while the game has also been described as a " work of genius ".

But the striking fact which, in spite of their occurrence, disproved the conspiracy theory is that few of these conspiracies are ultimately successful.

In spite of these differences the marriage survived until Mary's death in 1783.

Although " prescriptions " against the possibly deleterious consequences of these kinds of encounters vary, from Kierkegaard's religious " stage " to Camus ' insistence on persevering in spite of absurdity, the concern with helping people avoid living their lives in ways that put them in the perpetual danger of having everything meaningful break down is common to most existentialist philosophers.

In spite of these at-times intense persecutions, the Christian religion continued its spread throughout the Mediterranean Basin.

However, in spite of these recorded Manx forms, no satisfactory etymology has been proposed for Hop-tu-Naa within Goidelic.

In spite of these specifications and bearing in mind their target gaming market, Flare aimed to retail their machine for around £ 200, half of what the Amiga and ST were selling for.

In spite of the differences, these twin strands have much common ground, such as that salvation is entirely a work of God alone with no work by which it can be earned ( monergism ), and that one cannot either turn to God nor believe unless God has first drawn a person and implanted the desire in their heart ( the Wesleyan doctrine of prevenient grace ).

In spite of the casual occasions that generated these recordings, their quality is almost always quite high, and they document the evolution of Davis ' style and sound.

In spite of these issues, majority owner Leon Hess was interested in renewing the team's lease at Shea, which was due to expire in 1983.

In spite of these warnings, meloxicam is frequently prescribed " off-label " for non-canine animals including cats and livestock species.

But in spite of these difficulties, the Empire remained a major expansionist power until the Battle of Vienna in 1683, which marked the end of Ottoman expansion into Europe.

One approximate result is that bodies will usually have reasonably stable orbits around a heavier planet or moon, in spite of these perturbations, provided they are orbiting well within the heavier body's hill sphere.

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.

In spite of these issues, initial sales in North America were strong.

But if that be entirely intrusted to the magistracy ,-- a select body of men, and those generally selected, by the prince, of such as enjoy the highest offices of the state ,-- these decisions, in spite of their own natural integrity, will have frequently an involuntary bias towards those of their own rank and dignity.

::" Few human creatures would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals, for a promise of the fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures ; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool, no instructed person would be an ignoramus, no person of feeling and conscience would be selfish and base, even though they should be persuaded that the fool, the dunce, or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they are with theirs … A being of higher faculties requires more to make him happy, is capable probably of more acute suffering, and is certainly accessible to it at more points, than one of an inferior type ; but in spite of these liabilities, he can never really wish to sink into what he feels to be a lower grade of existence … It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied ; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

In spite of its great popularity in the early 1980s, these problems allowed WordPerfect to take WordStar's place as the de facto word processor from 1985 onwards.

But in spite of his use of the term Orphism these works were so different that they defy attempts to place them in a single category.

In spite of these criticisms, federal government support has made abstinence the de facto focus of sex education in the United States, so that opponents frequently adopt the line that abstinence education is acceptable only if it is combined with other methods, such as instruction in the use of condoms, and easy availability thereof.

In spite of these arguments, most editions of the play have continued to use the name Imogen.

In spite of his protests that the crops failed because fruit was not meant to grow on these islands, Howie is stripped bare, dressed in ceremonial robes and led to the summit of a cliff with his hands tied.

Below these levels treatment may not be effective in spite of a seizure, while doses massively above threshold level, especially with bilateral ECT, expose patients to the risk of more severe cognitive impairment without additional therapeutic gains.

In spite of doubts on the part of his uncle, Emperor Tiberius, Germanicus managed to raise another huge army and invaded Germany again the next year, in 16.

In spite of his earlier hesitation to go through with the exchange, he had no doubts about his success, stating that Aleppo was " the key to the lands " and " this city is the eye of Syria and the citadel is its pupil.

Joshi comments that Serling has used pacing well, each correct for the medium and that " in spite of Serling's own doubts on the matter – he mastered the short story technique in every way.

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.

In spite of this public optimism, there was ongoing controversy in Athens over the mutilation of the hermai, an act of impious vandalism that had cast ominous doubts over the Sicilian Expedition even before the fleet had left port.

"… in spite of all my doubts about details it did not occur to me at the time that you can, or even must, resist the state.

As they approach Las Vegas, Sam begins to have doubts about Paula's reasons for elopment, and questions whether she is genuinely motivated by affection for him or a desire to spite her father.

As the Doctor is prepared for a scan to produce the necessary template for the new Cybermen, the Committee decides, in spite of Zheng ’ s doubts, that the entire population must be processed.

" The World Union believed that this alienation represented a " grave danger ... for the future of the Jewish People " and thus in spite of " certain doubts and reservations " had chosen to join hands with the official Zionist movement.

Cavaignac, in spite of his self-assurance, had nonetheless been agitated by the doubts expressed on all sides as to the authenticity of certain documents in his dossier.

This came about in spite of initial disapproval by contemporary medical opinion ( which worried about women's frail health ) and by savoir vivre guidebooks ( which deplored the public attention drawn to what was assumed to be the wife's sexual initiation ).

At the 2006 World Championships, for instance, Vanessa Ferrari of Italy was able to controversially win the women's all-around title in spite of a fall on the balance beam, in part by picking up extra points from performing high-difficulty skills on the floor exercise.

Elizabeth Female Academy, considered to be the first true women's college in the state ( in spite of its name ), was established at Washington in 1818, closing in 1845.

In spite of being an old Chaosium's and Stafford's collaborator, Tadashi Ehara was the editor of the magazine during the periods concerned by both publishing houses.

In spite of clearing the land for crops, and the construction of a fort and houses, the settlement was abandoned in April 1828.

All the refounded houses were in properties that had remained in Crown possession ; but, in spite of much prompting, none of Mary's lay supporters would co-operate in returning their holdings of monastic lands to religious use ; while the lay lords in Parliament proved unremittingly hostile, as a revival of the " mitred " abbeys would have returned the House of Lords to having an ecclesiastical majority.

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

The popularity of revival singers and the openness of rural churches to this type of music ( in spite of its initial use in city revivals ) led to the late 19th and early 20th century establishment of gospel music publishing houses such as those of Homer Rodeheaver, E. O. Excell, Charlie Tillman, and Charles Tindley.

In spite ( or because ) of the controversy that his productions generally meet with, Bieito continues to be in demand across Europe and to sell out opera houses.

In spite of auctions in 1852 and 1856 some lots were still unsold in 1858 ; there were only 28 houses in 1871.

Following a period of exile in the country, to avoid confrontation with the Pope and Olimpia Maidalchini, the newly married couple took up permanent residence in the Palazzo Aldobrandini which from 1654 Camillo began to expand on a large scale ; neighbouring houses and a convent were bought and demolished as the Palazzo grew, in spite of local opposition from the neighbouring Jesuits at the Collegio Romano.

Yet, in spite of the previous disasters, by Abbot Gasquet's computation ninety-one houses belonging to the canons regular wee suppressed or surrendered at the time of the Reformation between 1538 and 1540, with one thousand and eighty-three inmates — namely, Austin Canons, fifty-nine houses and seven hundred and seventy-three canons ; Premonstratensians, nineteen houses and one hundred and fifty-one religious.

In spite of its fluctuating political fortunes throughout its existence, the Kola Swarupam was considered as one of the most prominent political houses in Kerala until the British occupation of the region by the end of the eighteenth century.

Soon, in spite of his youth, he was tasked with the administration of various houses of his Order at Cortona, Rome, Naples, as well as Florence, which he labored zealously to reform.