At the end of the book, Murphy – a drifter based to a large extent on Beckett himself – plays a fatal game against Mr Endon, who despite (or probably because of) being mad, has an aesthetically attractive style, full of repetitions and reversals, which Murphy realises he will never be able to match, forcing him into the ultimate form of resignation – suicide.
Despite this, or probably because of it, Berlin seems to have become a great city again, and no one is more surprised than the Berliners themselves.
Despite that, or probably because of that, those left on the outside looking in experience FOMO at its finest.
Despite his military success, or probably because of it, fear spread of Caesar, now the primary figure of the Roman state, becoming an autocratic ruler and ending the Roman Republic.
And two in five of the remaining third work for cash, outside the legal system, according to Alfredo Monza, an economist at the national statistics institute.Despite, or probably because of, the rigid labour laws and high payroll taxes, most Argentines thus work under flexible contracts, or none.
And this is despite – or more probably because of – never having been a Tolkien fan and being agnostic about the myth-making and, indeed, the prose quality.
Despite – or most probably because of – this, their ambitious, mesmerising second record was one of the few albums that didn't sound as though it was hostage to the trends and fashions of its year.
Despite, or more probably because of the enormous calm with which she invests the role, Judi Dench gives a shattering sense of the fear that floods her still conscious mind as Alzheimer's approaches, like Lear begging the gods: "Let me not be mad".
This is probably because, despite their statistical significance in cohort studies, age and viral load explain only a tiny part of overall CD4 variability [34], [42].
But despite enormous commercial success — or, probably more accurately, because of it — Mr. Stapp and his band mates, the guitarist Mark Tremonti, the bassist Brian Marshall and the drummer Scott Phillips, were rock's favorite whipping boys through the late 1990s and early '00s.
The increase is similar to those of the past four years, the report said, despite the recession, probably because members of the class of 2009 took out most of their debt before the economic downturn began.
