Her voice was low, and very clear despite the muffling fabric.

Both are lower than the December figures, despite continued economic growth that has knocked the unemployment rate down to 5 percent.

Personnel casualties were quite low despite the volume of fire.

We were lower now, despite the dumping of six bags of water.

This, the lack of published software, the weak box, and the small initial memory kept the sales low despite technical interest.

"Their incomes were generally very low despite the increases in income produced by the program," the report said.

Their lead never became dangerously low despite the fact that they made just three field goals in the last nine minutes.

The stock market is lower, despite tax cuts aimed at spurring investment.

And the number of homes on the market remains far lower than in the early 1990's, relative to sales volumes, despite the recent increases.

Another reason for residents' support of the local school is that the taxes to keep it open are relatively low, despite the high per-pupil costs.