Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...feature of the place which distinguishes and crowns it is the service afforded by the attendants. These attendants have aroused the curiosity of all who meet them. They are not only courteous; they go out of their way to help their customers; they are always cheerful, in spite of the pressure which a hurried group puts often upon them. They are to be lauded as much for their superiority over the waitresses in the Houses and the waiters in the Square as for their intrinsic worth; in short, they are the nearest approach in the University to absolute perfection...
From Newton, that bewildering little suburb of Highlands, Falls, Centres, and Corners, yet enviably incorrupt in spite of the names it is called, comes word that the grammar schools will no longer annoy the proverbial little Johnnie with marks, but that the teachers at regular intervals shall consult with his parents, and only they shall know how their son stands in his studies. The result will be that the child, will no longer be harrassed by his parents' bribes and threats, or by his schoolmates scoffs, will with encouragement, go about his work free of care, and with...
...reasons.) After a term of editing the English Review which he had founded in 1908, Ford retired to a tumbledown country cottage to live by writing and raising vegetables. He acquired a goat, a drake, a rook, a Blue Angora cat, and eventually two very large sows. In spite of his friendship with John Galsworthy and his admiration for George Moore, England finally became too depressing; he expatriated himself to Paris. There, with Ernest Hemingway as his sanest subeditor, the encouragement of Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein, and with the backing of the late U. S. backer, John Quinn...
...spite of a muddy track and a cold adverse wind there were several noteworthy performances to top off the annual fall University handicap meet yesterday afternoon. Milton G. Green '36 was the only double winner, cavorting over the high sticks in an elapsed time of but 15 3-5 seconds and likewise winning the 220 low hurdles in 25 3-5 seconds. Richard C. Hayes '36 placed second in both these barrier races...
...spite of all that can be said in favor of Holy Cross in regard to the superior ground gaining ability and pass attack, the visitors did not deserve to win. But Harvard certainly deserved to lose...