Despite everything Brendon, Scott, myself, and all your other allies do, despite all the articles we write and interviews we give, despite the growing acceptance across this entire country, there are going to be people who insist on looking at you through the lens of your sexuality, and not at your skills as a football player.

CNN: An openly gay player in the NFL is not a distraction

They recognised there would have to be a squeeze on spending but, despite the efforts of interviewers like myself, refused to spell out the extent or nature of the cuts.

BBC: Economy: bonds, austerity, debt and the Age of Plenty

Despite the fact that I find myself firmly in the camp of believing less market intervention is better than more, I do find myself standing in respect and appreciation of the work done by our public servants at the Fed whose efforts in 2008-2009 prevented a second Depression.

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And so despite my status as a running refusenik, I found myself herded, among a crowd of far fitter, healthier, sportier types, into a pen behind the start line, part of a sea of red t-shirted runners beneath a threatening gray sky.

CNN: Crossing the Olympic finish line

Despite her effort to put me in my place, I was by now rather impressed with myself and my flowering authority as a film critic.

WSJ: Urban Gardner: Edging Into the Spotlight With a Blurb in a Movie Ad

You see it in the faces of the young people who we just visited to -- visited with, Dr. Green and myself -- some not-so-young faces, but people who, despite layoffs, despite hardships, felt confident in their future.

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