Despite repeated calls and emails to ask why Blackpool is not being promoted to international visitors, a satisfactory answer is not immediately forthcoming.

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Despite the rules, Gotti did not ask permission.

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It takes an awful lot to get thrown out of the U.S. Just ask this guy, a permanent legal alien who, despite laying claim to a rap sheet that would make Lindsay Lohan wag a disapproving finger, still calls the U.S. home.

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Your ill-advised decision to play basketball, despite its well documented track record of injuring baseball players (just ask Aaron Boone) has vaulted you into the elite category of absurd baseball injuries.

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Despite the generally accepted assumption that companies back-burner hiring during the summer months, a June Ask Annie column put the issue to rest.

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