If Johnson wins, most analysts say his victory will be in spite of his party, not because of it.
While staffers are loyal to her and she has been successful in getting things done it may be in spite of personality rather than because of it.
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Performance might be an issue, in spite of the 1GHz Cortex A8 processor inside, but price likely won't be.
But after the independent panel report, lawyers for some of the bereaved families said charges of corporate manslaughter should be considered against South Yorkshire police as well as Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Wednesday and the Football Association, who allowed the game to be played at Hillsborough in spite of safety concerns.
Kent Schaffer, who held on for six months before being fired earlier this year, said Mr. Stanford wanted the criminal trial to be moved to another city, in spite of being advised by Mr. Schaffer that the priority should be to prepare for trial, not to fight for a change of venue, among other "superfluous" issues.
But, for the time being at least, there seems to be a realisation that, in spite of the progress made in improving schools over recent years, drastic measures are still needed to root out the significant pockets of under-achievement that remain.
Fiat's famed little car, the Cinquecento, is going to be hitting the US in a new EV configuration in 2012, in spite of the fact it'll be causing a ding to the company's bottom line.
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The book will be fair, says Walker, in spite of its title: Dr. Phil Needs His Head Examined.
The problem is that this pattern does not appear each and every year, so the majority of investors remain skeptics, and in spite of their performance history believe there must be a way to be right 100% of the time.
That approach, however, seems to be a strategy that is working, in spite of global turmoil.
However, both Amazon and Apple are so far ahead that it will be hard for Microsoft to catch up in spite of the purchase.
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Mr. GRAY: Well, it's more just to incorporate the world of production completely and utterly, to surrender the music to it, in the faith that you will be able to cling on to the sort of integrity of the music, in spite all the sort of gilding and ornamentation.
By humanizing them, as Lone Star's writers strive to do, these characters can be both, and viewers are allowed to care about them in spite of--or perhaps because of--their flaws, much as they do the stars of Emmy-winning cable shows like AMC's Breaking Bad and Mad Men and FX's Damages.
Since 2005, Romney has made himself interesting by getting a lot of people, including those who might vote for him and those who definitely will not, obsessed with whether, and to what extent, and in spite of anything to the contrary he might be saying on the campaign trail, he is still that person.
In spite of these risks, the odds seem to be in favour of both political passage and success.
That may be one reason why the Fed has resisted further rate cuts, in spite of its concern about the economy.
However, in spite of the recent downturn, the country continues to be the largest market for elevators in the world, constituting nearly half of all elevator sales globally.
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Scally said it was "with much regret" and in spite of "putting forward what the club believes to be an attractive package" that Ternent had walked away from the club.
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In spite of months of careful planning, I suspect it will be obsolete the day we open its doors.
Banning neonicotinoids in spite of the persuasive evidence of their safety to bees would be both unwise and dangerous.
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So the visitor returns thankful for much of what he has seen, and, in spite of everything, an optimist about what his country might be.
"In spite of clear evidence to show that neonatal intensive care can be delivered to a standard in north Wales, the CHC has not referred this to the health minister".
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In spite of Mr Karzai's repeated calls for protection to be provided for other parts of Afghanistan, friendly foreign countries have been willing only to provide peacekeepers for Kabul and instructors to help the government train a national army and police.
In spite of a loosening of SEC regs, most companies will not be using Twitter or Facebook to break news, though some forward-thinking companies will.
In spite of the change of government, the notion is said to be lingering still in both Downing Street and the Treasury, encouraged by, among others, Chris Woodhead, the chief inspector of schools.
This isn't to take anything away from Blunk or the other two heroes, but to illustrate that, in spite of shortcomings, men can still recognize what it means to be a good man and act like one.
The last few times we have written about PetSmart we have reiterated our Undervalued view of this specialty retailer as fundamentals improved in spite of a tough economy (spending on pets has proven to be less discretionary than many believed).
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This was in spite of the ITU's earlier pledge that disputed issues would only be resolved by consensus and not a majority vote.
It is typical of Ponting's selfless, dedicated attitude that he has stuck around in spite of his decline, but it just looks like it might finally be time.
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