1.  Despite a law that prohibits consideration of race in adoptions, he finds that social workers are still averse to giving black children to white couples.

2.  Despite having 10 albums under his belt and an international following, Liebert finds radio has recently become somewhat resistant to his music.

3.  Despite a tightening of security since the Oklahoma City bombings of April 1995, inspectors this year found that Internal Revenue Service offices in the Southeast are still vulnerable.

4.  Despite significant inroads, many users find that Windows NT does not yet have the speed, size and security to run the very largest programs.

5.  Despite such misgivings, battlefield commanders here found the technology holds huge potential.

6.  Despite that dissatisfaction, the report found that starting pay is pretty healthy.

7.  Despite the early support for the initiative, the survey found California voters are deeply divided over other rights, such as domestic partners benefits for gays and lesbians.

8.  Despite the improvements, the commission found that ads for R-rated movies continue to appear on TV programs popular with teens.

9.  Despite the 1996 laws, the study found that the Sept. 11 terrorists were able to elude security measures with relative ease.

10.  Despite the bias of European teams against women, O'Reilly found that male soigneurs were supportive of her.