Notwithstanding the wide availability of the 219-minute premiere version of Heaven's Gate and its frequent labeling as " uncut " or the " director's cut ," " Cimino insisted that the so-called original version did not fully correspond to his intentions, that he was under pressure to bring it out for the predetermined date and did not consider film ready ," making even the 219-minute version essentially an unfinished film.

Notwithstanding the indispensable restoration of the general structure, the architect and former director of the institution Julio Neves determined the substitution of the original floor conceived by Lina Bo, the installation of a second elevator, the construction of a third underground floor, and the substitution of the water mirrors for gardens.

Notwithstanding their efforts to present a seamless transition, the company came under much scrutiny by the FTC throughout the 60's, and ultimately was forced to change their advertising and branding policies to clearly indicate that they weren't directly related to the original Waltham company, and that their products were not made in America.

Notwithstanding the popular cultural significance of the character ( and the wide repetition of this particular quotation ), Gekko never actually uttered the words " Greed is Good " in the original Wall Street film, although the trailers for the film featured a montage of edited scenes that resulted in the phrase being heard as such.

Notwithstanding the meekness and affability of his upright and moderate character, modest to a fault ( he had the classical sculptures in the Vatican provided with mass-produced fig leaves ) and generous with his extensive private fortune, Clement XIII's pontificate was disturbed by perpetual contentions respecting the pressures to suppress the Jesuits coming from the progressive Enlightenment circles of the philosophes in France.

The Notwithstanding Clause reflects the hybrid character of Canadian political institutions.

Notwithstanding these details, the concept of humility and modesty as a positive character trait, a practice, and a way of life — a " way of walking "— is also taught to be important in Rabbinic literature.

Notwithstanding Darwin's insistence on his ignorance of Matthew's work, Ronald W. Clark, a biographer of Darwin, commented that " Only the transparent honesty of Darwin's character ... makes it possible to believe that by the 1850s he had no recollection of Matthew's work ".

Notwithstanding the pacific character of the demonstration, units — detachments of officers and cadets were brought out against it.

Notwithstanding its semi-legendary epic character, the LVG provides many important details, which can be combined with the sources closer to the period in question, such as Lazarus of Parpi and Procopius.

Notwithstanding his views on the liberalization of American trade, he promoted the company's monopoly and commercial independence ‘ with an ardour contrary to the usual moderation of his character ’ ( Public Characters, 1805 ).

Notwithstanding its seeming simplicity, this sonata introduces the " Sturm und Drang " character that became so commonly identified with Beethoven.

Notwithstanding the area became had become a popular spot for bourgeois social life and military drilling, Charles XIV's initiative never was appreciated, and in the 1860s the space was subsequently furnished with the tree-lined avenues still giving the park its character and through which the old name prevailed.

Notwithstanding the considerably more recent origins of film-making, compared to poetry, painting or music, Isou felt in 1950 that its own first amplic phase had already been completed.

Notwithstanding the many elements of discord Sicily seems to have been during Timoleon's lifetime tranquil and contented.

Notwithstanding Velikovsky's dozen or so publications in medical and psychoanalytic journals in the 1920s and 1930s, the work for which he became well known was developed by him during the early 1940s, whilst living in New York.

Notwithstanding Johnson's emphasis on unification, it was debatable how far it had really progressed, given the bitter recriminations exchanged by the Air Force and the Navy during the controversy, which went far beyond the initial question of the super-carrier to more fundamental issues of strategic doctrine, service roles and missions, and the authority of the secretary of defense.

Notwithstanding its setbacks, the Rae government achieved some positive accomplishments during its time in office.

Trudeau succeeded in convincing nine provinces out of ten by adding the Notwithstanding Clause to limit the application of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a result of discussions during a First Ministers ' conference in November 1981.

Notwithstanding his political engagement after the October revolution Glière kept out of the ideological ditch war between the Association for Contemporary Music ( ASM ) and the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians ( RAPM ) during the late 1920s.

Notwithstanding this they espoused the cause of Hannibal during the Second Punic War ( 216 BC ), and their territory during several campaigns was ravaged by both armies.

Notwithstanding this, he was not called upon either by the Federal Republicans to help them during the year 1873, or by Marshal Serrano during 1874 to join Martos and Sagasta in his cabinet.

Notwithstanding Australia ’ s ‘ White Australia policy ’ during the 50 ’ s and 60 ’ s approximately 10, 000 Indos migrated to Australia, mostly via the Netherlands.

Notwithstanding this name change, the HMB continued to be popularly known as the Hukbalahap, and the English-speaking press continued to refer to it and its members, interchangeably, as " The Huks " during the whole period between 1945 and 1952.

Notwithstanding their name, the Liberal-Progressives were considered the most right-wing party in Manitoba during this period ; Hillhouse, however, was seen as a leading social liberal in the party's caucus.

Notwithstanding his setback, Stubbs chose to run as an Independent candidate in Manitoba's 1936 provincial election.

Notwithstanding this, her involvement in the education community led her to oppose the policies of the Mike Harris and Ernie Eves governments, and to run for the Ontario Liberal Party in the provincial election of 2003.

Silvermintz notes that, " Historians of economic thought credit Plato, primarily on account of arguments advanced in his Republic, as an early proponent of the division of labor .” Notwithstanding this, Silvermintz argues that, " While Plato recognizes both the economic and political benefits of the division of labor, he ultimately critiques this form of economic arrangement insofar as it hinders the individual from ordering his own soul by cultivating acquisitive motives over prudence and reason.

Notwithstanding the great influence of his works on others, Eusebius was not himself a great historian.

Notwithstanding different interpretations on his first language, no evidence suggests that Xavier's mother tongue was other than Basque, as stated by himself and confirmed by the sociolinguistic environment of the time.

Notwithstanding the accounts of Biblical figures like Moses, Enoch and Solomon being associated with magical practices, when Christianity became the dominant faith of the Roman Empire, the early Church frowned upon the propagation of books on magic, connecting it with paganism and burned books of magic.

Notwithstanding the potential for innovation, rabbis and Jewish communities differ greatly on how they make changes in Halakha.

Notwithstanding, Fianna Fáil knew they could count on Lenihan to mount a barnstorming campaign in the last few weeks.

Notwithstanding this association, some of the movement's champions in the British musical press viewed the band with suspicion on account of their age and musical virtuosity and the intellectual bent of some of their lyrics.

Notwithstanding, Aulus Cornelius Celsus left some surprisingly accurate anatomical descriptions, some of which — for instance, his studies on the genitalia and the skeleton — are of special interest to plastic surgery.

Notwithstanding the assassins ' claim that they were working alone, the entire Bábí community was blamed, and a slaughter of several thousand Bábís followed, including on the 31 August 1852 some thirty Bábís, including Táhirih, were put to death in Tehran.

Notwithstanding Sharett's advice that broadcasting this version would make Israel appear patently " ridiculous ", on October 19 Ben-Gurion publicly asserted that the raid had been carried out by Israeli civilians.

" Notwithstanding all that has been said by the traitors to induce you to believe that our advent among you will be signalized by interference with your slaves, understand one thing clearly — not only will we abstain from all such interference but we will on the contrary with an iron hand, crush any attempted insurrection on their part.

Notwithstanding the disappointment, he invented several other mechanisms instead based on steam, improving the heating process by adding fans to increase oxygen supply to the fire bed.

Notwithstanding, a conference exploring the situation and its possible effects on the community with the individuals at the core of the problem had worked a minor miracle.

Notwithstanding its corporate location on the C & O, agents for the new Tidewater Railway quietly surveyed and secured rights-of-way many miles away from the C & O across southern Virginia, roughly paralleling the Norfolk and Western Railway ( N & W ).

Notwithstanding his other actions, Peckham's relations with the king were generally good, and Edward sent him on a diplomatic mission to Llywelyn the Last in Wales.

Notwithstanding his surname, as well as the fame he garnered for directing such films as Fiddler on the Roof and The Statement, Norman Jewison is not Jewish.

Notwithstanding the above history of the name for town of Mankato-Dakota word for Blue Earth, according to Frederick Webb Hodge, in his " Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico ," Volume 1, page 801, the town was named after the older of the two like-named chiefs of the Mdewakanton division of the Santee Dakota, whose village stood on or near the site of the present town.

Nahmanides disagrees with him ; especially with regard to Kabbalah ( Jewish mysticism ). Notwithstanding, he had tremendous respect for ibn Ezra, as is evidenced in his introduction to his commentary on the Five books of the Torah.

Notwithstanding, this period was saturated with very important political events that had significant impact on the history of Almaty and Kazakhstan as a whole.

Notwithstanding that the treaty had been negotiated against his instructions, given its achievement of the major American aim, President Polk passed it on to the Senate.

Notwithstanding continuing to perform on occasion, the group has never returned to the level of popularity enjoyed in the early Avalon Ballroom / Fillmore Auditorium days.

Notwithstanding, because of the relative obscurity of this western saint in the East, members of the Greek Orthodox Church named Valentinos ( male ) or Valentina ( female ) may celebrate their name day on the Western ecclesiastical calendar date of February 14.

Notwithstanding considerable loss of blood, after lying on a stretcher for awhile, he insisted on getting up and personally directing the further attack.