Tickets have gone on sale for a League Two football match between Gillingham and Swindon Town in spite of all fans being banned from the game.

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In spite of the enormous enthusiasm and support for the NCS from all stakeholders, its implementation has been hobbled from the beginning by a failure to address the key challenges of designing such a study.

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The Director-General pointed out that, through their artwork, the children were sending the message that in spite of progress, obstacles remained to achieving the Education for All goals, particularly in the area of early childhood.

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But month after month, and year after year, in spite of all the challenges, you all keep going, because you know that, for so many of our young people, the arts are not an extra.

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In spite of the explosion of data in recent years, not all firms have equally good data for decision-making.

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