Either way, Maines says, "The constant from Hippocrates to Freud – despite breathtaking changes in nearly every other area of medical thought – is that women who do not reach orgasm by penetration alone are sick or defective".
Making his clearest call yet for banks to be split up, so that their retail arms are separated from riskier investment banking operations, he criticised the industry's failure to reform despite "breathtaking" levels of taxpayer support.
I find his words, despite everything, breathtaking.
And despite a breathtaking renovation of the public schools, achievement levels remain chronically low.
Koumas never seemed to enjoy playing football very much, despite his breathtaking ability.
The other British pair, David Florence and Richard Hounslow took silver but missed out on gold by 0.36 seconds, despite the breathtaking performance which took them into the six-boat final.
Despite the breathtaking wonder of Tati's inventions and the exquisite humor of his innumerable visual jokes and sound gags, the modern world he portrays is a soul-killing, love-destroying horror.
Two-thirds of the world's peoples are underprivileged, and this despite such breathtaking achievements of science as space travel, instant communication, and the unraveling of the very building blocks of life.
Despite the breathtaking vistas of snow-capped mountains and tranquil lakes, people who live in the region, especially the indigenous residents, are often wary and suspicious of outsiders, an emotion I felt as I scanned passing cars and trucks carrying heavy mining equipment.
Maybe the most interesting of these demonic young women, though, appears in a Japanese film, Takeshi Miike's serenely horrifying "Audition" (1999), in which, despite the breathtaking cruelty perpetrated by its sweet-faced heroine, we are allowed to feel some small measure of sympathy for her.
Despite the breathtaking scale of this sellout, Island has managed to retain something of its fashionable cachet while widening its remit to embrace many wildly successful modern pop acts, such as Mika, the Feeling, Sugababes and McFly, although their contributions are not dwelt upon here.
