Despite alerts of possible attacks, there was no concrete barrier or other obstacle to stop the truck, which may have been operated by two suicide bombers, from approaching the building.
A scandal over how a race charity was given public money despite alerts on mismanagement should be a "wake up call" for the Welsh government's grant funding approach, an auditor has said.
But sometimes you'll find yourself doing so, despite alert tones pinging in your head and "abort" error messages whizzing through your nervous system.
Despite this alert, despite the fear it inevitably inspires in the populace, I can't help but think that the reaction to such announcements should be to travel more, not less.
A second study, by Witt Associates, an emergency preparedness consulting firm in Washington, said that Sugarland representatives repeatedly refused to postpone the concert, despite concerns by state police and fair officials and despite weather alerts that the storm was approaching.
Despite terror alerts, persistent humidity and the seemingly inevitable weekend with scattered showers, it is the summer of the tourist in Manhattan.
But what is most infuriating is that, despite numerous alerts from social workers and at least three independent investigations, the local police and political leadership did so little about it for so long.
Mr. Eisner said that despite security alerts, Disney was pleased with attendance at the company's worldwide parks, including Walt Disney World, which he said had had its best day and best week over the Christmas holiday.
Despite security alerts by Israeli commanders, based on reports of Hezbollah's kidnapping plans, three Israeli Army sergeants from an engineering unit made the regular check on schedule, without escorts.
Despite numerous alerts, Target, for example, didn't detect the recent breach that led to 40 million stolen credit card numbers.
The majority of the 69 million Americans surfing the Net from home do not regularly update their anti-virus scanners (if they even own one) with the latest security patches, despite getting alerts from their anti-virus vendors.
