Alternately, defend a team you like despite a feeble record.
And despite some feeble claims to the contrary, privatizing Medicaid will end up requiring more, not less, government spending, because there's overwhelming evidence that Medicaid is much cheaper than private insurance.
This week, despite a feeble economy and fragile demand for air travel, Lufthansa, the national flag-carrier, reported a pre-tax profit of euro650m ($601m) for the first nine months of 2002, more than two-and-a-half times its 2001 result.The key has been cost-cutting.
Lydia is having thoughtful and in-depth conversations with a chimp, getting drunk with him, making sweet love to him — and the reality kept bearing its head, despite my feeble attempts to hold it down: she is certifiably insane, and reading the book with that in mind makes it a completely different story.
FedEx managed to move higher, gaining $2.53, or 5.9%, to $45.58, despite a feeble earnings report that came up far short of the Street's estimates.
Despite their feeble protests, Republicans have to recognize that Bart is now the most famous and well-covered member of their party for a while.
Despite his feeble attempt to suggest that he was not equating Reform Judaism with Islamic extremist terrorism, the simple fact that he would mention them in the same breath is highly offensive and outrageous.
I climbed Croagh Patrick, the third highest mountain in County Mayo, despite my feeble American "conditioning" and was passed by a 90-year-old man with a shillelagh who told me to "Pick it up or get the f*ck off the mountain".
He took over 81% of the vote despite being in feeble health since a stroke last year.
