It didn't happen, despite an exceptionally brutal and divisive campaign.
On Wednesday evening, several prices missed the lower end of the estimate, despite the exceptionally bullish mood that drove bidders.
Despite its exceptionally beautiful, bowl-like setting beneath Mont Blanc and its large ski area (83 lifts; 325km of pistes), it remains very French.
Even long-term studies of radar workers show no signs of increased lifetime cancer incidence, despite their exceptionally high levels of exposure to microwave radiation.
"Despite an exceptionally difficult economic environment during his tenure, Marius and his team have delivered for shareholders, significantly outperforming our peers in terms of total shareholder returns," BHP's chairman, Jac Nasser, said in the statement.
HSBC yesterday said it may have to pay £300m to customers reclaiming overdraft fees as it reported record profits of £12.1bn despite the "exceptionally weak performance" of its US business.
That 62% of our citizens, despite being exceptionally worried about the future, and warned by the powers that be about the risks of voting No, went against that on the basic principle of democracy, divests hope that we live in a just society.
Despite the exceptionally terse and dense presentation, the elementary material in this volume is recommended to those new to the concept of path integrals.
"They have worked impartially and to the highest scientific standards despite the exceptionally difficult conditions of the war in Syria," said Mr Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky.
