Despite everyone doing their best to work through the issues, are there irreconcilable differences?
Despite everyone waving and shouting, a massive container ship passed by just 200m away.
Despite everyone agreeing that the English girl in the film was very annoying - "slappable" - she won Joe.
Despite everyone fast-forwarding to the final defeat, there is a game to be played, presumably Thursday, unless someone guesses it might rain again, creating another confounding evening like Wednesday, John Niyo writes in The Detroit News.
Despite everyone from Deutsche Bank to Paul Krugman warning of a coming apocalypse, ICM estimated that more people thought independence would be good for the Scottish economy on the eve of the election than they had one month before.
Despite everyone's warnings, there was absolutely zero turbulence.
Despite everyone's efforts, however, there weren't enough hours in the day to keep up.
"Despite everyone's best efforts, we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality," Warner said in a statement.
Despite everyone's disapproval and her own misgivings, she took the job, believing that food writing can be important if done right.
Despite everyone having their own idea about what is and isn't science fiction, trying to usefully define it is harder than explaining how a flux capacitor works.
Despite everyone claiming to love independents, most of us are hooked on supermarkets and chains - if only for convenience and value.
