Thomas's enthusiasm stayed despite increasingly gloomy forecasts.
His poetic genius was recognized, and his life became calmer despite increasingly severe illness.
Despite increasingly vicious rows, they attended a writers' conference together in Madrid that spring.
Despite increasingly anti-American remarks, Mr. Putin's government has appeared open to Mr. Bush's proposals.
Despite increasingly prescriptive official guidance about avoiding alcohol when pregnant, the evidence base on this subject is patchy at best.
But despite increasingly severe warnings from scientists and a major economic recession, global emissions have continued to soar unchecked.
Despite increasingly frantic official efforts at stimulation, the moribund creature grew by only 0.6% in the third quarter—half the number forecast by Guido Mantega, the finance minister.
Despite increasingly unfair shares of health setbacks, Inge never lost her zest and talents for humorous takes on life's vicissitudes and ironies.
Operators fear that if they cannot establish control, despite increasingly desperate measures to do so, the reactors could experience full meltdowns, which would release catastrophic amounts of radiation.
At the same time, the accelerated demands of the war economy brought high inflation, which the government was unable to control despite increasingly interventionist policies.
Despite increasingly loud protests in the United States and Europe, Japanese authorities have been selling dollars to prevent the yen from strengthening too quickly.
