In spite of the some of the edicts issued by Constantius, it should be recognised that he was not fanatically anti-pagan – he never made any attempt to disband the various Roman priestly colleges or the Vestal Virgins, he never acted against the various pagan schools, and, at times, he actually made some effort to protect paganism.

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.

Oxford received his first vote for membership in the Order of the Garter in 1569, but never attained the honor in spite of his high rank and office.

In spite of this perceived opposition to Fine Gael from the left of the Irish political spectrum, the party, due to Dáil arithmetic, has never entered into national government without the backing of the Labour Party.

In spite of the loving support of the series by its fans, the program had never been a favorite of television critics or members of the more high brow society.

Major never succeeded in reconciling the " Euro-rebels " among his MPs to his European policy, who although relatively few in number-in spite of the fact that their views were much more widely supported amongst Conservative activists and voters-wielded great influence because of his small majority, and episodes such as the Maastricht Rebellion inflicted serious political damage on him and his government.

In spite of depictions in various dramatizaions, Maria Feodorovna never met Anna Anderson, the impostor who falsely claimed to be her murdered granddaughter Anastasia.

In spite of his friendliness towards the Roman Church, Adrian never felt able to honour Manuel with the title of " Augustus ".

Introduced in 1989, the Volant skis proved expensive to produce, and in spite of numerous positive reviews the company never able to become profitable.

Mixed Economy – Fonseca ’ s understanding of the fact that Nicaragua was not, in spite of Browderist interpretations, simply a feudal country and that it had also never really developed its own capitalism surely made it clear that a simple feudalism-capitalism-socialism path was not a rational way to think about the future development of Nicaragua.

: From time to time a strange vehicle drew near to the place where they stood — such a vehicle as the lady at the window, in spite of a considerable acquaintance with human inventions, had never seen before: a huge, low, omnibus, painted in brilliant colours, and decorated apparently with jingling bells, attached to a species of groove in the pavement, through which it was dragged, with a great deal of rumbling, bouncing, and scratching, by a couple of remarkably small horses.

::" 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.

The identity of the enigmatic twentieth century novelist B. Traven has never been conclusively revealed, in spite of thorough research.

In spite of the good outcome, Fonda vowed that he would never produce a movie again, fearing that failing as a producer might derail his acting career.

However, in spite of extensive reforms by later emperors, the Roman trade network was never able to fully recover to what it had been during the Pax Romana ( 27 B. C .— A. D.

When questioned about his decision to recall Parlement Louis made a comment that, “ It may be considered politically unwise, but it seems to me to be the general wish and I want to be loved .” In spite of his indecisiveness, Louis was determined to be a good king, stating that he " must always consult public opinion ; it is never wrong.

For example, a patient asked to guess which of two faces they have seen most recently may give the correct answer the majority of the time, in spite of stating that they have never seen either of the faces before.

The question has never been settled and many people remain of the belief that Boris was murdered, in spite of no evidence being available.

In spite of being supported by the German king Rudolph of Habsburg, who defeated Ottokar II at the 1278 Battle on the Marchfeld, Philip never gained actual power.

It intensified from the middle of the nineteenth century onwards and, in spite of fluctuations, would never lose its importance.

It is never explained in the epic why Dolon, specially mentioned as a man of lesser intelligence, came to notice this flaw while Hector ( in spite of all his boasting ) completely missed / ignored it.

In spite of the city's legal victory, the project never got off the ground.

In spite of being named the county seat Cuyahoga Falls never really functioned as such.

In spite of the possibility of considering the project a failure, many of the approaches envisioned in the Fifth-Generation project, such as logic programming distributed over massive knowledge-bases, are now being re-interpreted in current technologies.

According to Hyginus Artemis once loved Orion ( in spite of the late source, this version appears to be a rare remnant of her as the pre-Olympian goddess, who took consorts, as Eos did ), but was tricked into killing him by her brother Apollo, who was " protective " of his sister's maidenhood.

While not featuring the censoring mosaics of the original Japanese version, the US release of La Blue Girl was edited during the initial VHS release and all scenes featuring Miko's companion Nin-Nin engaged in a sexual act were removed, probably to avoid the charge of pedophilia, in spite of the fact that the character is not a minor but a dwarf ninja.

In spite of Dunn's skepticism, this version has been accepted by Evan Bayh, who has served as Indiana governor and senator, and by Senator Vance Hartke, who introduced this story into the Congressional Record ( 1975 ), according to Graf.

" Hare's version of prescriptivism requires that moral prescriptions be universalizable, and hence actually have objective values, in spite of failing to be indicative statements with truth-values per se.

Curiously, the Taiwanese version of beef noodle soup remains one of the most popular dishes in Taiwan, in spite of this traditional aversion.

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.

; ICR. 42: Experimental floatplane version designed by CMASA, top speed decreased by only 8 km / h ( 5 mph ) in spite of the 124 kg ( 273 lb ) increase in weight.

It was passed by the House in October in spite of President Bush's statement of policy opposed to the House version.

While not featuring the censoring mosaics of the original Japanese version, the US release of La Blue Girl was edited during the initial VHS release and all scenes featuring Miko's companion Nin-Nin engaged in a sexual act were removed, probably to avoid the charge of pedophilia, in spite of the fact of the character not being a minor but a dwarf ninja.

" Boyarin has suggested that this was the Jewish version of the Br ' er Rabbit approach to domination, which he contrasts to the strategy of many early Christians, who proclaim their beliefs in spite of the consequences ( i. e. martyrdom ).

In spite of Streisand's endorsement of her material, Carnes ' own Top 40 breakthrough did not occur till 1978, when Gene Cotton recruited her to record a duet version of " You're a Part of Me ", which reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100.

" Boyarin has suggested that this was the Jewish version of the Br ' er Rabbit approach to domination, which he contrasts to the strategy of many early Christians, who proclaim their beliefs in spite of the consequences ( i. e. martyrdom ).

These deaths were often graphically described in the game's text ( along with often sardonic and humorous comments ), even in the NES version ( in spite of Nintendo's policy of censorship at the time ).

In spite of Russian version being completely dubbed, the songs were left in their original Hungarian version with brief voiceover translation of the first few lines.

The R-3S was the first version to enter widespread production, in spite of a very long seeker settling time on the order of 22 seconds ( as opposed to 11 for the original ).

In spite of the mostly positive reception the Nintendo GameCube version held, the reception for the Wii remake was mixed.

In spite of the negative reception, the Wii version has had some positive reception.

When Curtis returned to the UK, he formed a new version of the group with little success in spite of releasing several singles, but later had a lucrative spell on the 1960s nostalgia circuit.

The same issue affected the top-of-the range V6-24 version in spite of its all-new 24-valve cylinder head, though a top speed of 235 km / h ( 146 mph ) made poor fuel economy more acceptable to generally well-heeled customers.

In spite of disagreements and Verdi's need to be constantly correcting Piave's drafts ( to the point where Maffei had a hand in re-writing some scenes of the libretto, especially the witches ' chorus in Act 3 and the sleepwalking scene ), their version follows Shakespeare's play quite closely, but with some changes.

Therefore, in spite of UNDP financing withdrawal the upgrading to version DMFAS 5 in ORACLE was carried over.

In spite of Amtrak not taking up the LRC design, there was some consideration, even at that early date, of an electric locomotive version of the same basic design.

This achievement came in spite of the fact that a nearly identical version of the same song by Trisha Yearwood was released at the same time and was also a hit.