It ran multimillion-dollar deficits for several years, despite vast amounts of money flowing in.
But despite vast publicity, the idea has gained little traction so far.
Warner points to the example of Chile, which, despite vast copper fields, boomed in the nineteen-nineties.
Despite vast improvements in infrastructure and transportation, it was not until 1970 that annual meetings of the legislature were approved.
Despite vast wealth, these states don't safeguard most people's rights to the basic infrastructure of roads, water, electricity or education.
Mr. Addington seized on the Roosevelt precedent as a model, two people involved in the process said, despite vast differences.
But despite vast numbers of Soviet troops, pro-Soviet governments in Kabul never succeeded in establishing control outside the capital.
At Yin Yu Tang, by contrast, the basic layout lasted two centuries, despite vast changes in the family's circumstances.
Today, despite vast investment in training and equipping Afghan forces, the country's deep-seated instability, rampant corruption and, in some cases, compromised loyalties endure.
