"But I didn't like some attitudes, a few words, some outbursts.
Despite the outbursts, participants said, Mr. Tenet remained calm and refused to make any substantive changes in his proposal.
There is a pleasing rhythm, as if even the players, despite their outbursts, were following a script.
Despite sporadic outbursts of ethnic tensions and fierce campaigning, the polling proceeded mostly peacefully and was heralded as a model for African democracy.
Despite occasional outbursts of nativism and anti-foreigner sentiment, particularly in the border states, there was little of the widespread xenophobia that exists in many other countries.
Despite such outbursts and the occasional fights between supporters and opponents here, Lebanon has repeatedly inched back from the brink; leaders from all factions seem conscious that the kindling could easily fuel a conflagration.
Despite sporadic outbursts of hostilities between police and demonstrators in Sheikh Jarrah, the overall tone of the marches is far less aggressive than those occurring simultaneously a few miles away in Bil'in and Nil'in.
Despite such outbursts, Hand was deeply insecure throughout his life, as he fully recognized.
Despite her outbursts, her team is still there and want to help.
Bynum eventually became an All-Star in his seventh NBA season despite immature outbursts along the way — none larger than angrily pulling his jersey over his head after getting kicked out of a 2011 playoff game, the last of Phil Jackson's coaching career — but he washed out quickly because of knee problems, some of which he acknowledged were aggravated by too much bowling.
