Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Johnny Verbeck is not dead. His admirers will be glad to know that in spite of his rumored disaster and long period of oblivion, he has reappeared. His present employment is that of chef in the Dunster House kitchen...
...bugaboo, proved to be too stiff a handicap and forced him back to twentieth place. This year, however, Bob has been leading his teammates over the grassy slopes of the Brookline Country Club, loping over bunkers with apparent case and utter disregard of the Brookline Motor-mounted Police. In spite of this altitude work, however, Bob's greatest rival at Princeton will be the up-grades, although Woodland, Eli athlete who finished a bare 7 seconds behind him last year, will be a definite threat...
...undersigned, believe that the Teacher's Oath Bill is contrary to the spirit in which the Constitutions of Massachusetts and of the United States have been conceived. We believe that in spite of the harmless nature of its phraseology, it constitutes an abridgement of the fundamental rights of freedom of speech, conscience, and education. We therefore strongly urge that the Teacher's Oath Bill be repealed...
...spite of the quotation, the Fine Arts authorities realize this final purpose. There are excellent courses in the appreciation of Art, in the History of Art, in the Philosophy of Art, and in the Technical Methods of Art. What is lacking are courses in Collection and methods to encourage personal artistic Creation, whether by future amateurs, or by future professionals. But even in the field of general Cultural Appreciation, where there is some consciousness of the necessity of making courses attractive to non-specialists, the Department is doing only one half, or less, of what it should and could...
...later circularized the legislature. I felt at that time and still feel that this measure is an unnecessary and unwise piece of legislation. Section 2A, which was added susbsquent to the public hearing, improves the statute from the point of view of those who opposed it; but in spite of this addition I consider the passage of this bill unfortunate, and I sincerely hope that the act will be repealed...