Prior to their Friday night performance at Electric Picnic in 2008, Tony Clayton-Lea, writing in The Irish Times, recommended festival-goers to see them, remarking that "despite keeping a profile lower than a Dachshund's belly, Giveamanakick have managed to keep things grooving along by virtue of their innate boisterousness and musical flash-bang-wallop".
Despite the attention I received for my heritage, the remarks that followed quickly displaced the excitement with shame.
Still, despite my remark that started all this, I will never in a million years kiss that thing.
The episode was also the subject of criticism for its portrayal of the September 11 attacks, in which Brian and Stewie go back in time to make the attacks happen again, ultimately resulting in a high five when they are successful (despite Stewie immediately remarking that would sound terrible out of context).
Touré himself remarked that, despite being 35, he had made the errors of a 16-year-old.
He said Maria had done a "good job" and remarked that despite Fognini's higher ranking, he didn't consider his win an upset.
His fellow photographer, Henri Caremarkedesson, remarked that "despite his deliberate disregard of his training in his urgency among the starving populace, his innate abilities show through in all the images".
Even without knowing the details of his condition, the doctors who were interviewed remarked that despite the extent and seriousness of his injuries, the governor was doing as well as could be expected.
It was striking, I remarked, that despite Chicago's image as a bastion of market efficiency, it was also home to much more questioning research in the financial system.
Many have remarked that despite their efforts, Shiny Blogs had few stand-out publishing brands, that the blog designs had lurched from middling to worse, and that despite a few bright spots the company rarely attracted sufficient raw writing talent.
