Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spite of his years John Henry plays tennis, a cautious, slicing game. Sometimes the ball bounces far to the right, sometimes far to the left, and again most unexpectedly it may rebound into his own court. John Henry used similar tactics with Haiti's scheming politicians. To avoid even the appearance of militarism he wore civilian clothes. Through tall, thin, cafe-au-lait Louis Borno, John Henry kept tight rein on all Haitian legislation. Under him Haiti's internal and external debt was reduced to $14,000,000. He established eleven hospitals, 139 rural clinics to treat malaria...
...resemble a barbecue. The whole world is invited, as many reputations as possible are spitted and turned slowly over a sizzling fire, the fumes purposely wafted this way and that. None of this was characteristic of a graft hunt which last week had Washington on the anxious bench. In spite of complete secrecy, scandal of the first order was brewing in the War Department. One after another War Department officials were going before a grand jury with testimony about automobiles and underwear...
...although their agitation for lower schedules has been on the wane, it is extremely doubtful that any increase would be tolerated. The Senate, moreover, has been rather balky for the last few weeks, and has passed a bill restoring veteran's pensions and salaries to the government officials in spite of a threatened veto. If there is any power of which the Senate is jealous, it is their power in foreign affairs, and any attempt of the President to take upon himself part of this power will be strongly opposed...
Although efforts and laws have been made to effect such restrictions, this rather obvious method of making the machine gun robbery more difficult has never successfully been followed up. In spite of the smuggling of such weapons that is bound to result, a concerted drive by government and state officials on checking up sales, licensing, and running down these arms, would not, at this point, be untimely...
...permission."' They flipped it at the artists, quickly and completely deflated the protests and boycotts. In that letter, dated last May, the Mexican muralist had said: "Rather than mutilate the conception, I should prefer the physical destruction of the conception in its entirety." One by one, "in spite of any personal feelings individual members may still have," the artists' societies called off their boycott of the Municipal Art Exhibit. Rivera replied that he was ready to paint replicas of the historic fresco wherever there was a wall...