Despite three days of advancing prices after Monday's 53.71-point drop, yesterday's loss brought the cumulative decline for the week to 78.71 points.

Officer Robert Nguyen still has not been found, despite three days of searching.

Montgomery's motion also blasts the jury for reaching a verdict in 12 minutes, despite 5,000 pages of documents and more than three days of testimony.

The scalpel was razor-sharp despite age and eighteen days of blunting, but it was no ax.

Despite two days of frantic pumping the waters filled the mine shaft.

Despite three days of set preparation and two days of actual filming only a few seconds of footage were used.

The dollar's decline came despite three days of intervention by the world's central banks to stem the American currency's fall.

Despite only three days of rehearsal beforehand, the band played before an excited and packed crowd.

Despite two days of declines, many currency traders and analysts remained bullish on the dollar.

Despite 12 rainy days, there were only 1.93 inches of rain last month, the third-lowest amount since 1963.