The weak intercalations have an impedance action on seismic wave propagation in spite of its adverse influence on engineering body.

尽管软弱夹层对工程往往产生不良影响，但同时又对地震波具有阻隔作用。

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But in spite of this power shift, South Korea's senior citizens have just demonstrated their influence by forcing the resignation of one politician who failed to show them respect.

ECONOMIST: The generational divide weighs on politics

Worst of all, in 1914 Kipling used his influence to ensure that his son John obtained a commission in the Irish Guards, in spite of poor eyesight.

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