The first practice session was run in humid but dry conditions, despite forecasts of heavy rain.

And despite gloomy national retail forecasts, individual stores report that sales for the center's first Christmas season are better than expected.

Despite grim forecasts at the time, he did not succumb to the disease.

And yesterday new economic data showed once again that despite forecasts of a slowdown, the economy was not cooperating so far.

The deficit has been stuck at over $150 billion for the last three years, despite forecasts that were far lower.

But it has found no extraterrestrials so far, despite forecasts that they should have been discovered by now.

Despite forecasts like this, complaints seem to have registered with regulators.

Despite optimistic forecasts by the railroad companies early in the century, the future would not be kind to the passenger rail industry.

Leaving despite unfavorable forecasts wasn't rare for captains of this time.

Despite forecasts of a turnaround, new figures show that the banking industry is still deep in crisis.