Despite its leading position in much of the world, Google has had difficulty gaining ground on Baidu.
Despite its leading position, Beverly accounts for just 3percentt of the nation's 1.8 million nursing-home beds, with many of its homes in California, Pennsylvania and Arkansas.
Despite its leading role in policing the banks, the New York Fed cannot levy fines.
(AP) NUGGETS 104, BOBCATS 93 Chauncey Billups had 27 points and host Denver won its season-high seventh straight despite missing its leading scorer, Carmelo Anthony, who is out with a sprained ankle.
TEMPLE 42, ARMY 35 Despite missing its leading rusher, visiting Temple (4-1) rallied past host Army (3-2) on the back of the reserve tailback Matt Brown, who scored four touchdowns.
Other examples abound: Federal Express's fiascos in Europe, Philips's setback in electronic markets (despite its leading-edge technologies), Disney's union and image problems with its theme park in France, Sony in movies, etc. Scenario planning is a disciplined method for imagining possible futures that companies have applied to a great range of issues.
Knight scored 16 points as Pittsburgh (8-0) took a 47-31 haleadme leadespitete playing without its leading scorer, Julius Page, for most of the opening 20 minutes because of foul trouble.
The long-dominant National Liberation Front lost 67 seats in parliamentary elections on Thursday, according to results announced yesterday, but it kept its leading position despite a record low turnout.
In the end, Golden State, despite playing without its leading scorer, Jason Richardson, was better, winning by 87-85.
THRASHERS 2, CAPITALS 0 Kari Lehtonen had 36 saves in his third shutout of the season, and Atlanta won at Washington despite playing without its leading scorer, Ilya Kovalchuk.
Sacramento won despite the absence of its leading scorer, Chris Webber, who missed his second straight game with a strained left hamstring.
