The British diplomats who concluded trade treaties with Radama recognized him as the "ruler of Madagascar", a position he and his successors claimed despite never managing to impose their authority over the larger portion of the island's south.
Parisians have a marvelously paradoxical relationship with authority: Despite their external show of subservience to the random acts of government, there is an underlying conviction that this randomness is deliberately designed to provide a sporting chance for evasion.
Banks were allowed to book their near-worthless government debt at its nominal, pre-August levels; and the authorities, despite their inability to meet their foreign debts, found ways of propping up their banker friends at home.Changing this dire state of affairs quickly is impossible.
Or will it be somebody closer to the interests of the business tycoons who, despite their recent skirmishes with the authorities, are still the Kremlin's only effective rivals for real power in Russia?
Despite their frequent references to the authorities, and with posters for British rock groups like the Arctic Monkeys hanging on their wall, these musicians could be strumming and drumming in Anywhere, U.S.A., which is just one reason that this modest and finally very touching movie deserves to break out of the festival circuit.
Despite their remarkably increased use, health authorities in different countries, including Germany, regard incretin-based treatment strategies to be second to those based on SU or insulin.
Despite limited authority and capacity in their current role, all of the participants referenced the untapped knowledge and skills of pharmacy in educating, informing and assisting medical staff in best-practice decision-making around antibiotics.
Despite the authority's assurances, some tenants said they were convinced that the plan was the first step in a process that would lead to their eviction.
Despite the authority given to the agency, Mr. Bush has not waived the executive order banning assassinations, officials said.
Despite divided authority the city grew rapidly, and by the 1730s it possessed two newspapers, an almshouse, a night watch, and a network of volunteer firemen.
