Word: spite
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...report of the Co-operative Society gives evidence of another year of successful business activity. In spite of the fact that the work upon the subway underneath the society's store interrupted the business to a certain degree, the total sales of the year were $12,921.91 greater than during the year preceding. In view of the fact that the profit is less than four cents on every dollar's worth of goods sold, the dividend of nine per cent. seems very generous, and is only possible because nearly half the sales were made to non-members...
When the new admission regulations were passed last winter it was authoritatively stated that they would result in no general "letting down the bars." The fact that the Freshman class this year is 78 larger than its predecessor, however, might lead to the belief that in spite of all claims, the alternative requirements must be an easier system of admission than...
...landing stages are ready for use, but there is still some work to be done upon the sections above ground. When work was begun upon this remarkable engineering project it was estimated that it would be nearly four years before it was completed. The Hugh Nawn Construction Company, in spite of two or three unlooked for delays has managed to bring the work almost to a finish in two years and three months...
...weather the practice of the Freshman football squad yesterday was necessarily of the lightest nature, consisting chiefly of a light signal practice, the men being given their first tryout at handling a wet ball. Much attention was again paid to the forward pass and improvement was noticeable in spite of the poor conditions...
...been a good many years since Yale failed to win the intercollegiate championship in football. This year the football honors go to Harvard in spite of the fact that Yale played Harvard a scoreless tie in the final match of the year. With the exception of Yale, Harvard did not meet a single team she could not defeat. Prior to this game of the year Yale had been defeated a number of times and produced an eleven which was distinctly below Yale standard. Until the slump of the Harvard team in the final game of the year the Crimson promised...