They have accumulated personal fortunes despite modest salaries.
SS-Lieutenant-Colonel Adolf Eichmann (1906-62): Led Gestapo Jewish department despite modest rank.
Renault is also continuing to invest heavily in electric vehicles, despite modest sales of existing models.
Despite modest growth, the economy remains a wellspring of misery, with mass unemployment, wage stagnation and factories going unused.
But Norm Rubenstein, chief marketing officer at Orrick, said that law firms could still achieve name recognition over time, despite modest budgets, by aiming at a smaller audience.
Despite modest wage increases for those who are working, the unemployment rate is 6.1percentt, which represents almost nine million people.
The reality competition helped the network finish No. 1 for the night, despite modest ratings for "Samantha Who?" (11.1 million) and "Boston Legal" (8.4 million).
Fourth-quarter profit declined 77percentt at The Washington Post Company despite modest revenue growth led by the company's education and cable television businesses.
Despite modest movement at the table, the owners and the players remain at odds over both financial and structural issues relating to the salary cap.
Bangladesh is another: it has made some of the greatest improvements in infant and maternal mortality ever seen, despite modest income growth.
Despite modest success, including playing doubles at Wimbledon with Jamie Murray, who was then his regular partner, Fleming decided at 21 to return to his studies.
