The Rev Sidney Daniels, a civil-rights leader, argued that "in spite of all the promises he seems to be making, he's still got the idea that private concerns can take over the work of the government".
Ibn Rushd quickly discovered that in spite of her seeming youth she could be a demanding and opinionated individual, in bed and out of it.
But the actress's open, winning performance erases trepidation; she's like a city girl who, transplanted to the country, proves a natural at working the land, robust in spite of her seeming vulnerability.
In a post explaining how these series managed to get axed in spite of their seeming success, Vox wrote that the distribution model for comic books can quell voices beyond the old guard.
Umile cited the top-to-bottom strength of the conference, in spite of what seems to be a partitioning of the league into familiar haves and have-nots.
All that remained of it was just this — a series of moments in the great train terminal, moments which, in their own way and in spite of everything, seemed correct, sturdy, almost classical in character, as if this later time were what really mattered, whereas the previous, passionate, linked, but now distant moments were merely preliminary.
What is truly fascinating about Taylor's persona is that in spite of what seems an endless run of ill health, the image that remains of her is that of a virile, devastating screen siren, not that of the frail, bloated old lady unable to walk she has been for the last two decades.
Between the X Prize money and that promised the week before in a licensing agreement with Sir Richard Branson, a British entrepreneur, Mr Allen, ever the savvy businessman (perhaps, in this case, in spite of himself) seems to have already guaranteed himself a profit.
For example, ethereum-based Jesus Coin now has a market valuation of $1 million, in spite of what seems to be a rather tongue-in-cheek mission to "decentralize Jesus". A company called Lotos is working on an ethereum token purportedly aligned with Buddhism, and BitCoen claims to be Kosher.
I know in spite of what seems the success of my talk this evening, I am under no illusions.
