Despite the rapid advances in telepresence and distributed working tools, people still brave traffic and go to the office.
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Despite all the advances in mobile data, voice is still a significant component of carrier revenues.
So it would appear ignorance and lack of common sense are in abundance despite all the advances we collectively make every day.
Despite all the advances in ship design and technology, 100 years after the Titanic, once again passengers were left without enough lifeboats.
This heavily populated province of South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world, despite recent advances in tackling the disease.
Despite all the scientific advances of the past two centuries, magical thinking and the cultural inheritance of Christianity remain endemic.
Despite all the technological advances in e-discovery and document review, without human guidance, machines cannot handle the complex decision making that ultimately determines whether a document is responsive.
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Using 35 years of data from the General Social Survey, two Wharton School economists, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, made the case in 2009 that women's happiness appeared to be declining over time despite their advances in the work force and education.
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Despite significant advances, the world is not on track to achieve the goals by their 2015 target date.
Despite technological advances, the sales tax collection problem Quill addresses remains.
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Now despite these important advances, the fight against this disease is far from over.
Despite advances in understanding the impacts of elevated CO2 concentrations on a wide range of marine organisms, we are still unable to make meaningful projections of impacts on marine ecosystems and fisheries as a whole, or to identify thresholds beyond which marine ecosystems may not recover.
The report noted that, despite major advances in micro-air-vehicle technology, no-one had been able to match the aerodynamic performance and manoeuvring capability of insects.
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Despite recent advances in care for the dying, American health practices still benefit those with money and resources.
The truth is that, despite many advances, much of medicine still exists in a gray zone where there is not one right answer.
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Despite the relatively modest size of the market for VOIP at present, its quick advances and potential for growth have forced traditional phone companies and cable firms on to the defensive.
Look at the magical advances of stock prices despite miserly 1.7% economic growth.
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Thanks to new crop hybrids, irrigation and other technological advances, global food production has consistently risen despite the vagaries of weather patterns.
But despite these advances in technology allowing marketers to extend their reach, the strength of the customer relationship has remained the single biggest contributor to marketing success.
The current limit has been stuck at 65 since 1925, despite galloping advances in life expectancy.
Despite dramatic advances in information technology, many electric utilities still operate in the dark ages of data management.
Despite advances in efficient toilets and faucets, residential water use in the state remains where it was in 1972, at 220 gallons per person per day.
Despite Samsung's advances, Apple generates higher revenue and its profit in the latest quarter was twice as large as Samsung's.
"Despite enormous advances for women and girls in education since 1972, schools across the country continue to bar pregnant and parenting students from activities, kick them out of school, pressure them to attend alternative programmes, and penalise them for pregnancy-related absences, " the centre said in the report.
Billionaire Peter Thiel, for example, argues that despite spectacular advances in computer-related fields, technological progress has actually stalled because the internal combustion engine still rules our highways, the cancer death rate has barely changed since 1971, and the top speed at which people can travel has ceased to improve.
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Nor the fact that credit-card rates are fixed in secret, and have risen dramatically despite advances in technology and economies of scale.
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