Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...House Bells correspondence except that I am inclined to think the Lampoon would be a more appropriate medium. The correspondence consists of the letter from Brother Lucas received here March Twelfth; my letter to the House Master of March Twenty-Fourth and my final reply of April Third. In spite of it all, the next time I go to Cambridge I propose to listen to those bells. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT...
...ministers arrange to marry Henry to Anne of Cleves but she falls in love with the courier he sends to invite her to England. To spite Henry, she makes faces at him when they meet. The king is infuriated when, on their wedding night, she wins most of his pocket money, playing cards...
...Council's proposals, however, do not go far enough, nor does its investigations of the matter. The report apparently assumes throughout that the total income from the room rentals should remain the same. In spite of the reduction of the rents which was put into effect last year, however, it is by no means certain that another decrease is not advisable. The rise in prices generally has done something to place the present charges at a fitting level, or at the least on a level more nearly comparable with the sums charged by other landlords. The privileges of House membership...
...spite of the number of shifts, not much significance can be attached to the majority of them since the practice was so informal...
...occasionally in the last few years when shadows filled the Stadium and he is improving fast. His passes look good, witness the connection to Dean on Monday. Whether he can beat out the veteran Wells is a moot question. Pesky has been sent back to the second-stringers in spite of a good show that he put on Friday. Fergie Locke is being tried in the blocking back position and seems to be able to deliver notwithstanding his lack of weight...