Despite strenuous modern efforts to make him morally radical, he isn't.
Despite strenuous efforts (Obamacare, California wines, some very good restaurants, Headstart), we're not France.
"Despite strenuous efforts," reads the report, "the researchers were unable to locate any such families".
Despite strenuous efforts to bring commercial tenants to the neighborhood, most of the economic development in Harlem so far has consisted of low-paying retail jobs.
The Senate also directed cabinet minister Arthur Sinodinos to give evidence to the committee, despite strenuous objections from the attorney general George Brandis that the move was unprecedented.
President Bush authorized sweeping new protections for the privacy of medical records, despite strenuous objections from much of the health care industry.
PirateBrowser was launched as The Pirate Bay celebrated its tenth anniversary, despite strenuous efforts from entertainment rightsholders to get the site shut down in recent years.
"She passed away because of old age despite strenuous nursing," Sadame Kamakura, the grand steward of the imperial household, said at a news conference in Tokyo.
But despite strenuous efforts throughout its history, Russian is riddled with loan words – from Old Norse through Dutch, French and Turkish, all the way to modern English.
Despite strenuous Republican opposition, Democrats used their majority muscle to push the measure through the legislature's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on a 36-15 party-line vote.
There are precious few signs that the Taliban are ready to talk, despite strenuous efforts to engage them by Mr Karzai.
