In spite of the hundred things he had on his mind, Winston went and put his arm around her waist.

Eventually, beset by delays and in spite of all of the media coverage and apparent demand for the machine, the project ultimately went under when Konix ran out of cash without a completed system ever being released.

Between 170 and 180 the activities of Septimius Severus went largely unrecorded, in spite of the fact that he occupied an impressive number of posts in quick succession.

Once Hopper achieved his mature style, his art remained consistent and self-contained, in spite of the numerous art trends that came and went during his long career.

In 1042 Harthacnut died while in England, and Magnus also became King of Denmark, in spite of a claim by Cnut's nephew Sweyn Estridsen, whom Harthacnut had left in control of Denmark when he went to England, and who had some support.

All proceeds from the sales of the items went to the " We The People " group ; a group dedicated to changing the parole laws for convicted murders such as McFadden ( who was paroled in spite of a past marked by violence ) due to overcrowding.

The council went on ( in spite of the intervention of most of the powers ) to pronounce Eugene IV deposed ( 25 June 1439 ), giving rise to a new schism by electing ( 4 November 1439 ) duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy, as ( anti ) pope, who took the name of Felix V.

In spite of the religious strength in the Valley, the inhabitants were somewhat unconventional and still went to astrologers, quack doctors and prophets.

Roe maintains that he was not completely happy with half of the songs, although he went on to state that in spite of this, several of the songs such as " Fast Times at Dropout High " and " Road Signs and Rock Songs " were still to date some of the band's strongest of their earlier career.

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.

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.

In spite of this designation, Soap ranked # 13 for the 1977-78 season and went on to garner positive critical reviews and high ratings over the rest of its four-year run.

In spite of Spencer's efforts to secure the support of the Catholic hierarchy for the bill, they opposed it, and it went down to defeat in the commons in March 1873.

Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of a possible 4 stars, noting, " It's the kind of movie where you start out snickering in spite of yourself, and end up actually admiring the originality that went into creating this hallucinatory slapstick.

The film performed poorly at the box office — in spite of Time magazine's prediction that it would " make a killing at the cash booths " and its assertion that Kubrick " has shown more audacity with dialogue and camera than Hollywood has seen since the obstreperous Orson Welles went riding out of town on an exhibitors ' poll "— but was critically acclaimed, landing on several critical Top-Ten lists for the year.

In spite of this success, Ford went ahead with a redesign for the Thunderbird to debut in 1961.

The combination was too strong for him ; a bill which he brought in for curbing the influence of the Church over education was defeated, the elections of 1869 went against him, and in spite of the continued support of the king he was forced to resign ( 7 March 1870 ).

In spite of these problems Barnet won promotion to Division Two, but the Bees were unable to sustain themselves at this level and went down after one season with just five league wins in the campaign.

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.

-- a foolish girl -- in spite of all I could say or do -- would come after me -- or rather went before me -- for I found her here ...

Clandestine immigration went on in spite of the blockades, largely because of the work of Bricha and Aliyah Bet, two organized movements partially financed and supplied by JDC.

In spite of the ban, MOSOP went ahead with a massive public mobilization on January 4, 1993.

In spite of the Insurgency, the planned deportations to concentration and extermination camps went ahead without any delay.

In spite of the crisis, the colonial administration continued to make huge profits which were not invested on the island but either went into military expenditures ( 44 % of the revenue ), paid for the colonial government's expenses ( 41 %), or were sent to Spain and Fernando Po ( 12 %).

According to a controversial tradition reported by several medieval sources, Narses, out of spite for having been removed by Justinian's successor Justin II, called the Lombards to Italy.

Also, in spite of ideological differences, Fascist Italy was the first western country to recognize the Soviet Union, in 1933 Fascist Italy had signed a friendship and nonaggression treaty with the Soviet Union, and in the late 1930s both Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany supported rapproachment with the Soviet Union.

With the resources thus gained he undertook to enable Philip V to carry out an ambitious foreign policy to undo the Treaty of Utrecht, with the aim of countering the Habsburgs and recovering Spanish possessions in Italy, where he was responsible for unwarranted invasions of Sardinia ( November 1717, strongly supported by Sardinian politician Vicente Bacallar ) and Sicily ( July 1718 ), in spite of promises made to the Pope, while pressing Spanish causes in France with the Cellamare Conspiracy.

In spite of the forty year Italian relationship with the sultanates, Italy did not have adequate knowledge of the geography.

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 the League of Nations ' approach, the new state was diplomatically recognised by El Salvador ( 3 March 1934 ) and the Dominican Republic ( 1934 ), the Soviet Union ( de facto 23 March 1935 ; de jure 13 April 1941 ), Italy ( 29 November 1937 ), Francoist Spain ( 2 December 1937 ), Germany ( 12 May 1938 ) and Hungary ( 9 January 1939 ).

In spite of the severe punishment inflicted on those found in violation of this decree ( Livy claims there were more executions than imprisonment ), the Bacchanalia survived in Southern Italy long past the repression.

In Italy, spadone, or longsword, instruction lingered on in spite of the popularity of the rapier, at least into the mid-17th century ( Alfieri's Lo Spadone of 1653 ), with a late treatise of the " two handed sword " by one Giuseppe Colombani, a dentist in Venice dating to 1711.

Soon after, Viola was back in Montiel's life, and they seem committed to each other in spite of the fact that Montiel lives in Madrid and her partner remains in Italy.

This official line is the same as for most other minority languages in Italy, which are officially considered Italian dialects in spite of the fact that they belong to different sub-groups of the Romance language family, and in their historical development are in no way derivative of Italian

In spite of his great age, he continued to write on economic and financial problems with his accustomed lucidity and soundness of judgment, insisting on the necessity for Italy to return to freedom of trade and to reduce government interference in business matters to a minimum.

In spite of the active part he had taken in driving Austria from Italy, he was a persona grata in Vienna, and his policy was steadily directed to an alliance between the two powers.

In spite of advancing years the new editor threw himself into the work with all his former vigour, and took journeys to England, France and Italy to collate works preserved in these countries.

In Ireland's opening game of the 1994 World Cup – a 1 – 0 win against favourites Italy, thanks to Ray Houghton's early goal – in a perfect example of his commitment to the game, McGrath put up an astonishing defensive performance in spite of excruciating knee problems, including blocking a shot from Roberto Baggio with his face.

After he became famous Switzerland offered him citizenship on more than one occasion, but he refused in spite of many hardships, saying Italy was his true homeland.

In spite of their success in other competitions, Italy did not fare well at the Olympics.

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.

In spite of being appointed as favourite in 2002, China lost at the semifinals to a rising Italy, which would eventually win the final against United States

In spite of his extensive travels in Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Britain, Goropius remained attached to his homeland, and reported on various curiosities and customs from his native region.

In spite of all disadvantages, he not only mastered the language, but became one of the chief classical scholars of Italy.

* In spite of very difficult circumstances-at one point all Jesuit schools of France and Italy were confiscated and their staff sent into exile-the number of members of the Society continued to increase: from 11481 when he was elected, to 13275 in 1892.

In spite of being native to North America the fluke was first described in Italy.