Sentence examples for despite scandals from inspiring English sources

And despite scandals that have touched the Pataki administration and both houses, several proposed ethics laws have languished.

It reminded us why we continue — despite scandals and hypocrisy that so often occupy our attention in sports — to embrace games.

The odds against the punter beating the old enemy have never been more attractive.HARRY MACADAMOxfordSmall beerSIR Jean-Luc Dehaene worked hard, against the odds and despite scandals not all of his making, to preserve the beerSIR Jean-Luc

Yet despite scandals that erupted while he held his government posts, many foreigners have stood by him, in part because the alternatives -- unreconstructed Communists and hostile nationalists -- seem far worse.

ITV's director of television Peter Fincham has denied that Coronation Street is in crisis, despite scandals involving star Chris Fountain's rape raps and Bill Roache facing trial on indecent assault charges.

Though increasingly eccentric in his later years, often living on a secluded California estate he called Neverland, Jackson always had a fervent core of fans and, despite scandals, his lavish lifestyle and persistent money woes, always seemed just a comeback away from a return to the top.

How explain government's double standard of insisting upon public-school accountability, on the one hand, while, on the other, showing no oversight whatsoever for charters being allowed to run wild despite scandal after scandal?

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And why did scandals keep piling upon scandals despite outrage from the public and promises to mend their ways from banking CEOs?

Despite three scandals, there was no Bill, he said.

Despite occasional scandals (remember C.C.N.Y.?), it was different somehow.