Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fine talk," said Mayor Hoan afterward, in spite of the fact that he was wiring home that the Federal Government would not advance $800,000 to enlarge Milwaukee's Auditorium. "We are all glad to have these assurances...
...Lorand orchestramen know what it is to rehearse twelve hours a day, seven days a week. They are not allowed to answer back, not allowed to overeat, discouraged from marrying. But in spite of their rigorous discipline, their playing has the lush abandon which distinguishes almost all Hungarian orchestras, takes on particular magic late at night when good wine keeps them company. The Lorand orchestra would be a smash-hit in a night club but night clubs are forbidden. Ambitious Edith Lorand refuses to be a mere entertainer, although serious critics may rate her as such. Hers is a concert...
Channing, who prepared for college at the Canford School in England, has been outstanding in track for the past two and one half years. This fall he has been a strong man on the team, running Playfair many close races. In the H.Y.P. meet he finished third, in spite of a bad stitch in the last few miles...
Nobody has ever stated these ideals better than Santayane, and Miss Holmes does well to use his tercentenary message for the epigraph of her first chapter. Indeed, Santayane's words give the essence of the Latin School spirit: 'In spite of all revolutions and all the pressure of business and all the powerful influences inclining America to live in contemptuous ignorance of the rest of the world, and especially of the past, the Latin School, supported by the people of Boston, has kept the embers of traditional learning alive, at which the humblest rush-light might be lighted; has kept...
...spite of Secretary Carr's well-connected attorneys, Colorado's Democratic House impeached him by a smash vote of 48-10-15. Promptly Mr. Carr underwent two minor operations connected with a blood clot on his lung. On the eve of the Colorado Senate's assembling to try the impeachment, Lawyer Dickerson marched into Governor Johnson's office and laid down Mr. Carr's resignation. Next morning George Saunders, 35, crook-hating sheriff of Larimer County, marched into the Secretary of State's office and, by appointment of Governor Johnson, took over...