In spite of poor health and the most desperate poverty, he made rapid progress.

The large number of candidates demonstrates that the topic, in spite of rapid progress, is still in its infancy.

In spite of clear progress on other fronts with Mauritania ( border security, resource management, economic integration, etc.

In spite of its dismembered condition, and the sufferings it underwent at the hands of its French neighbours in various periods of warfare, the Rhenish territory prospered greatly and stood in the foremost rank of German culture and progress.

The main French assault was launched on 25 September and at first made good progress, in spite of surviving wire entanglements and machine gun posts.

In spite of its dismembered condition, and the sufferings it underwent at the hands of its French neighbours in various periods of warfare, the Rhenish territory prospered greatly and stood in the foremost rank of German culture and progress.

In spite of village board efforts, " progress " has resulted in higher density developments surrounding Kildeer while it remains an island of rural countryside.

In Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Guybrush displays a noticeably nastier personality, performing morally wrong acts just to spite or to progress through the game.

In spite of all the difficult progress made, Loblaw would still have occasion to make strategic missteps in coming years, as it continued to innovate and attempt to anticipate the demands of the marketplace in a highly retail sector.

This attack soon developed and in spite of the cactus hedges forcing a dismounted attack, progress was rapid.

In spite of the difficulties, the weiquan movement still made some progress, such as the abolition of " custody and repatriation " in 2003.

Over the next five years, LaMarche's career would gradually progress, playing comedy clubs all over the U. S., with several appearances on Merv Griffin and " An Evening At The Improv ", but in spite of such interest, LaMarche always believed that, while his impersonations and stage presence were strong, he needed to develop funnier comedy material.

In spite of the historically few researchers studying limb regeneration, remarkable progress has been made recently in establishing the neotenous amphibian the axolotl ( Ambystoma mexicanum ) as a model genetic organism.

Yet in spite of these underprivileged conditions she managed to progress to a standard where she could claim medals at both the Summer Olympics and IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

In spite of these impediments, tremendous progress occurred, spurred on by a long collaboration and extensive work of James Glimm and Arthur Jaffe who showed that with d < 4 many examples can be found.

In spite of this none of these people could have been described as Ludites as they did not oppose technological progress, nor did they resort to violence or vandalism.

In spite of this he persevered and made substantial progress using his own resources.

Pope uses the word " fool " to show how little he ( man ) knows in spite of the progress made by science.

Though Wright clearly does not posit an answer to the question of struggles among economic classes — whether they be because of or in spite of natural selection — some argue it is relevant to Wright's treatment of evolution as resulting in greater and greater moral progress, and thus strangely ignored, given that Wright is the author of another book examining human morality ( The Moral Animal ).

As a relatively new discipline, critics allege disability studies seems to have made very little progress in this area, in spite of new published writings which deal with these very topics.

The lack of funding for agriculture and infrastructure and its political insecurity due to the presence and activities of armed groups kept by political families and other subversive elements hinder the town's progress in spite of its geographical benefits.

Summerskill maintains that in spite of the difficulties and prejudices, women are making progress and have achievements in music, visual art, and literature as well as some advancement in science and technology ( 181 ).

In this they were successful in spite of a blizzard which barred their progress for a day and night.

In spite of all this progress, the General Assembly was unable to resolve the Addicks issue until 1903, with the nationally embarrassing result that Delaware spent two years with no representation at all in the U. S. Senate.

In spite of the very difficult batting conditions, however, Hobbs and Sutcliffe took their partnership to 172 before Hobbs was out for exactly 100.

The style of dance is commonly known to modern scholars as the French noble style or belle danse ( French, literally " beautiful dance "), however it is often referred to casually as baroque dance in spite of the existence of other theatrical and social dance styles during the baroque era.

Their reliability as indicators of consciousness is disputed, however, due to numerous studies showing that alert human subjects can be induced to behave purposefully in a variety of ways in spite of reporting a complete lack of awareness.

Now, however, due to the precession of the equinoxes, the feet of the Great Bear constellation do sink below the horizon from Rome and especially from Athens – so Ursa Major gets to cool her feet and legs in the sea, in spite of Ovid ; however, Ursa Minor ( Arcas ) does remain completely above the horizon, even from latitudes as far south as Honolulu and Hong Kong.

Constantine's rule, however, validated Diocletian's achievements and the autocratic principle he represented: the borders remained secure, in spite of Constantine's large expenditure of forces during his civil wars ; the bureaucratic transformation of Roman government was completed ; and Constantine took Diocletian's court ceremonies and made them even more extravagant.

In spite of this, however, a few company founders made vast fortunes when their companies were bought out at an early stage in the dot-com stock market bubble.

Brown's concert success, however, remained unabated and Brown kept up with a grueling schedule throughout the remainder of his life, living up to his previous nickname, " The Hardest Working Man in Show Business ", in spite of his advanced age.

In the Biblical account, however, Cuthah was just one of several cities from which people were brought to Samaria, and the Samaritans were later called " Cutheans " to spite them, with the added assertion that the men of Kuth made Nergal their god.

In spite, however, of the concerted attacks of William the Bastard ( the Conqueror ), duke of Normandy, and Henry I of France, he was able in 1051 to force Maine to recognize his authority, though failing to revenge himself on William.

In spite of the event's strong pedigree in the modern Olympics, and its status as the only event created specifically for the modern Olympic Games, its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, keeps it in the Olympic program at least until 2012.

In spite of his relative inexperience, however, he was to become known as " one of the best editors in the history of The Spectator ".

He continually delayed, however, and, in spite of his renewal of this vow at his coronation as the King of Germany, he did not travel to Egypt with the armies of the Fifth Crusade in 1217.

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.

In spite of this oppression, however, the famous Maigue Poets strove to keep alive their ancient Gaelic Poetry in towns like Croom and Bruree.

Ayers does concede however that, " although rather ungainly, the entrance facade at Vaux is nonetheless picturesque, in spite, or perhaps because, of its idiosyncrasies.

In spite of all the difficulties he faces on the job, however, Hibiki proves to be a very competent and focused young man who proves that, as a man or a woman, he is quite proficient at teaching physical fitness and at social counseling.

In spite of this success, however, he chose to return to his hometown of Camuy and teach chemistry and biology at the local high school, where he taught for the next 23 years.

In spite of their continuing commercial success, however, relations among the three had become increasingly strained.

He had, however, behaved well in the field, and, in spite of his dismissal, was awarded the New Zealand Medal.

Pheidippides however will not be persuaded and Strepsiades decides to enroll himself in The Thinkery in spite of his advanced age.

In spite of all, however, she seems to have retained her hold on him until his death.

Available sources however document that the responsible state commission clearly advocated the continuation of Wies as a pilgrimage site, even in spite of economic objections from the abbot of Steingaden.

When, however, the patricians, in the sixteenth century, withdrew more and more from the plays, the plays, left to the lower classes, began to lose their serious and ( in spite of the comic traits ) dignified character.