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Yet despite his opponents ' setbacks Louis XIV was desirous of peace – but he wanted it on reasonable terms.
Yet while seemingly defeatist in tone, the humanity of the characters shines through in their persistence despite the obstacles.
Yet, one modern scholar, reading between the lines, has described the work of Hecataeus as " a curious false start to history " because, despite its critical spirit, it failed to liberate history from myth.
Yet despite extensive collaboration, the Vichy regime engaged a programme of arresting German intelligence agents in the unoccupied zone, with the purpose of preserving Vichy's sovereignty ; around 2, 000 were arrested and some were subsequently executed.
Yet despite their mutual insistence on the self-evidence that " all men are created equal ", their insistence that the citizens of a republic be educated at public expense, and the evident parallel between the concepts of the " general welfare " and Rousseau's " general will ", some scholars maintain there is little to suggest that Rousseau had that much effect on Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers.
Yet, though generally speaking intentions in poetry are nothing save as ' realized ', we are unable to ignore the poem, despite Mr Eliot's strictures on its ' exaggerated repute '.
Yet, despite these apparent differences, notarial practice is universally considered to be distinct and separate from that of attorney ( solicitor / barrister ).
Yet despite his apparent liberality, Antonio López was a dictator who held Paraguayans on a tight leash.
Yet despite the challenge, Anguissola's paintings of Elisabeth of Valois – and later of Anne of Austria, Philip II ’ s fourth wife – were vibrant and full of life.
Yet, despite these changes, ratification of the amendment was still in some doubt.
Yet, despite improved living conditions, internal dissent was not tolerated.
Yet, in general, despite Greek colonization in such areas as Byzantium, Apollonia and other cities, the Thracians avoided urban life.
Yet many people favor protectionism as an expression of nationalism, despite its economic costs.
Yet despite these events God does not forget his people, but sends Cyrus, king of Persia as his messiah to deliver them from bondage.
According to The Institute for Research on World-Systems, Kamakura was the 4th largest city in the world in 1250 AD, with 200, 000 people, and Japan's largest, eclipsing Kyoto by 1200 AD. Yet, despite Kamakura's annihilation of Kyoto-based political and military power at the Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185, and the failure of the Emperor to free himself from Kamakura's control during the Jōkyū War, Takahashi ( 2005 ) has questioned whether Kamakura's nationwide political hegemony actually existed.
Yet, at the same time, Isabel and Charles struck against Margaret's family: with Henry VI and his son dead, Isabel was one of the most senior members of the House of Lancaster, and had a good claim to the English throne ; this claim she legally transferred to Charles in July, which would allow Charles later that year to officially claim the English throne, in despite of his brother-in-law the Yorkist King of England.
Yet despite his physical appearance, John was known as Kaloïōannēs, " John the Good " or " John the Beautiful ".
Yet, despite these occupations, Side managed to preserve some autonomy, grew prosperous, and became an important cultural centre.
Yet, despite his visits to England just before the war, only about four articles by Tschichold had been translated into English by 1945.
" Yet despite his contempt, the interactions related in his postcards often show his own ignorance.
Yet despite their strong-willed and independent natures, the people of Fairview took full part in the cooperative society of their times.
Yet, despite his later doctorate, Tucholsky never went on to a legal career: his inclination towards literature and journalism was stronger.
Yet, despite this anti-democratic feeling, democracy eventually returned to Athens after the expulsion of the Thirty Tyrants.
Yet despite the breach of trust, the governor once again released Smith on the same promise to leave the province immediately and not to return, and as before, Smith and his party remained in California hunting in Sacramento Valley for several months, before heading north along the Pacific Coast to use the Columbia River to return to their headquarters.

Yet and numerous
Yet, numerous Taxpayer status males voluntarily moved downward into lower status.
Stephen C. Johnson is credited with establishing the naming convention in the late 1970s when he named his compiler-compiler yacc ( Yet Another Compiler-Compiler ), since he felt there were already numerous compiler-compilers in circulation at the time.
Yet, according to Oecolampadius, Catholic veneration of Mary went too far, because of the numerous titles given to Mary: they surpass in number and content the veneration of Christ himself.
Yet, he still maintained numerous friends with which he conversed often such as Mircea Eliade, Eugène Ionesco, Paul Celan, Samuel Beckett, and Henri Michaux.
Yet he found time to write numerous monographs on surgery of the brain and spinal column and to make important contributions to bacteriology.
Yet WuDunn and Kristof could not find coverage of these deaths, even though they were far more numerous than the casualties at Tiananmen Square.
Yet despite numerous attempts, none has as many speakers or as extensive a body of literature as Esperanto.
Yet these claims by Carlson have been, in their own turn, challenged by subsequent scholarly research, especially by Scott G. Brown in numerous articles.
Yet, contemporary dialectologists are particularly interested in it since it has retained the old accentuation system characterized by a Proto-Slavic new rising accent and the old position of stress, and also numerous Proto-Slavic and some Proto-Indo-European archaisms in its vocabulary.
Furthermore, numerous experimental and case studies show that cooperation is more likely based on a number of factors, including whether or not individuals have the ability to monitor the situation, to punish or " sanction " defectors, if they are legitimized by external political structures to cooperate and self-organize, can communicate with one another and share information, know one another, have effective arenas for conflict resolution, and are managing social and ecological systems that have well-defined boundaries or are easily monitorable., Yet implementation of reward and punishment systems can be problematic for various reasons.
Yet numerous African American doctors were unable to join the AMA due to the lack of county medical societies and / or because of local bigoted practices, thereby limiting the number of African American AMA members.
Yet because the Madrid Conference was based on the idea of ‘ abandoning the dynamics of confrontation ’, but more importantly because what ensued, through the Oslo Accords were isolated arrangements on disorganised technicalities such as crossings, borders, security, prisoners and so on, numerous of people are nowadays still ‘ opposed to that ground-breaking leap ’ which the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991 represents to many.
Yet, despite his bad health, poverty and depression, Schubert continued to turn out the tuneful, light and gemütlich music that made him the toast of Viennese society: the song cycle Die schöne Müllerin, the octet for string quartet, contrabass, clarinet, horn and bassoon, more than 20 songs, and numerous light pieces for piano.
Yet earlier Europeans, especially the Spanish, had written numerous non-English-language accounts about the Indians ' construction of mounds.
Yet, such renowned documentary and animated film makers were not the only ones to participate and win prizes in Kraków, for the international festival laureates included also numerous artists who made their names as feature film directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Werner Herzog, Zoltán Huszárik, Jaromil Jireš, Claude Lelouch, Patrice Leconte, Mike Leigh and the recent Oscar laureate, Jan Svěrák.
Yet despite his numerous alliances, it is for his wars that Graz ' zt is best known in the Abyss.
Yet despite being in place for over a year and having numerous signs around the parking lot at the entrance and exits, customers are still dumbfounded by the fact that " they can't pay cash " at the exit stations.

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