Blockbusters are doing well not in spite of the fact that people have more choice in entertainment, but because of it.

在观众拥有多种选择的娱乐产业中，流行佳作表现良好的原因就是因为它自身。

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In spite of what you might have read in the papers, Starbucks is not doing that badly.

不管你在报纸上看到什么说法，星巴克看起来做得并不坏。

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In spite of these promising steps, India still ranks a low 134 out of 183 countries on the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index.

尽管采取了这些举措，但在世界银行的经商便利指数(Ease of Doing Business Index)排名上，印度在183个国家里仍然只排到第134位。

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Yet some companies are doing fine in spite of everything.

FORBES: Under fire

He encouraged me, put me through college, told me I could make it and convinced me that in spite of a tough upbringing, I could do what I dreamed of doing.

FORBES: Thinking of My Dad on Father's Day

Most people nowadays can't remember their friends' phone numbers -- in spite of being in constant contact with them -- and correct spelling is growing largely irrelevant when doing a Google search with all those ultra-smart (okay, sometimes they can be real dumb too) suggestions.

ENGADGET: Google's Amit Singhal tells us about the dreams search engines are made of