Sentences with phrase «despite valiant efforts»

«The sad truth is that Mrs. Henry, despite the valiant efforts of Mr. Sadowski, can not obtain access to justice because she is too poor to pay for it.»

For me, it is sobering to see how little has changed despite the valiant efforts of feminist movements.

Tragically, Sunbear died 3 days later on August 14, 2002, despite valiant efforts by the veterinary staff.

Despite the valiant efforts of Linda Brown Thompson and the other families that were plaintiffs in the Brown v. the Board of Education, public education remains separate and profoundly unequal.

And is it not worsening in our schools — despite the valiant efforts of the Common Core, the AP program, and others to push students to seek actual evidence in original texts rather than just saying what they think about something — as contemporary liberalism pushes them hard to embrace and amplify what historians call «presentism»?

Unfortunately, vaquitas continue to die in totoaba nets despite the valiant efforts by law enforcement agencies, the Mexican Navy, and conservation groups to prevent illegal fishing since the gillnet ban came into effect in April 2015, immediately before the new acoustic and visual studies were launched.

The passage also aptly described the situation faced by the scientists at BP, such as vice president of engineering Paul Tooms or vice president and engineer Richard Lynch, who seemed incapable of determining how much oil was actually flowing and figuring out how to stop it despite valiant efforts.

However, despite the valiant efforts of left Rawlsians to press down hard on pre-distribution and force it to yield some radical implications (O'Neill and Williamson, 2012; Doron, 2012), in Miliband's formulation it seems a weak reed, relying on labour market interventions such as education and training to alter distributional outcomes.

Therefore, despite valiant efforts by Colorado, Penn State and, yeah, fine, Florida, I have no choice but to award the Huskers the title of Bust University.

Despite these valiant efforts, countless Coptic tunes have slipped silently into the sands of time with the death of some white - haired cleric in a nondescript Egyptian village.

While I don't have any insight about this retail giant's cyber security operation, many companies large and small have no idea if a breach has occurred in their networks despite their valiant efforts.

Despite a valiant effort from the Jets, the Patriots were able to do what they always do: win.

Despite a valiant effort, the Men were less successful, with both Blues and Assassins teams losing narrowly to Cambridge.

Despite a valiant effort by their defense, the Florida Gators ultimately fell to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship Game.

Despite the valiant effort of the Ball family, the presence of Dawkins and George McGinnis were too much inside and the Big Ballers came up short.

Despite a valiant effort, Utah was swept by a Golden State Warriors team amid the most dominant show of playoff excellence in NBA history.

Despite a valiant effort to open it himself, he ended up asking me to open the package for him.

Despite my valiant effort, I couldn't get my hands on every product to test it for you guys.

However, despite a valiant effort, he is unable to damage the B7 robot he is fighting, even when he lands an unblocked punch directly in the back of its head.

Recently released Lastfight made an attempt at being the new Power Stone earlier this year, but it's not the Power Stone 3 a number of Dreamcast fans have been waiting for, despite a valiant effort.

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The hope was that antisense oligos for everything from cancer to HIV would roll off the pharmaceutical assembly line — but despite a generation of valiant effort, the successes on this front have been meager.

Despite playing a very second - choice lineup in Portland last fall during a tight turnaround, the Red Bulls still pressed the Timbers hard, had more than their share of the ball, and outshot Caleb Porter's side in a valiant, but ultimately losing effort at Providence Park.

Despite the win proving elusive at home, Blackpool's performances on the whole at Bloomfield Road have been very pleasing, especially their latest valiant effort against Man City, who the pushed all the way and never gave up until the final whistle in typical Holloway / Blackpool fashion.

They done so by the skin of their teeth in previous seasons, but last season Bolton finished a clear nine points above the drop, with the teams results definitely improving in the second half of the season under new manager Owen Coyle, so there were promising signs from the Reebok club that they can do a lot better than they for the most part last term, when positive form was almost non-existent and despite some valiant and brave efforts against some classy opponents they just couldn't convert their courageous performances into points which would have propelled them up the Premier League and into a more respectable finishing position.

A trip to Stoke, however, could be a lot worse, and while Bolton have fallen to three successive away defeats in the league, they'll head to Stoke fancying their chances after their valiant efforts at Chelsea on Tuesday despite losing 1 - 0 at Stamford Bridge under controversial circumstances.

But there are times when babies keep crying despite a parent's valiant efforts to soothe.

Despite my most valiant efforts and deep commitment to positive discipline, I often find myself making and correcting mistakes.

You know, when do you just kind of put it aside despite, you know, you valiant efforts and despite your passion for breastfeeding, when do you just say: enough is enough?

Despite a warmly interacting cast that includes Jennifer Ehle as Emily's sister and Keith Carradine as her lion - maned, lionized father, and a valiant effort on the part of Nixon and Davies to externalize the poet's inner demons in emotional, high - tension scenes, the film can't escape an underlying static quality that extinguishes the flame before it can get burning.

Despite my cold - blooded cynicism that's prevalent throughout this review, I'd be lying if I said that this movie didn't make me smile or chuckle here and there thanks to the valiant efforts of its appealing cast.

Despite rescuers valiant efforts the following morning, the bull became entrapped in a rocky area on the riverfront, fell into a small ravine and died.

Despite the team's valiant efforts, they failed to complete their objective and were massacred «in the line of fire.»

It was made very clear throughout the convention that, despite good intentions and a valiant effort, diversity and inclusiveness within the legal profession remain elusive and the needle has, if at all, only barely moved.

LG has an ongoing smartphone problem: despite a few valiant efforts (the G2x comes to mind) the company continues to live in the shadow of rival Samsung.