Despite critics who blame restrictive local zoning policies for Westchester's lack of affordable housing, county leaders have refused to challenge those policies.

Mr. Brown has said since the shooting that he sought to conduct a careful, thorough impartial investigation, despite critics who urged his office to move more swiftly.

Standardized tests have prevailed despite critics who say teachers are being required to abandon more interesting lesson plans in favor of teaching to the test requirements.

Despite earlier critics I am coming to believe that he was our greatest recorder of primary anthropological data.

Governor Davis and regulators will still play a role in resolving the broader energy crisis here despite critics who say they have failed miserably thus far.

Despite such critics, the financial markets have embraced the merger, bidding up both companies' shares.

More recently, the 2009 release of Resident Evil 5 has been praised despite critics questioning its status as a true survival horror game.

Despite such critics, in the last two years rock has percolated up from the underground and found official tolerance, if not affection.

Despite critics who predicted he could not revive the magic, Barnum went on to greater success.

Despite critics giving the album good reviews, sales of it and the follow-up singles were disappointing.