Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...long rectangular square in Naples, a crowd which fills the place solidly from wall to wall has been waiting for hours. In spite of the burning sun, the enthusiasm has never abated, and the low hum of the densely packed mob is steadily increasing in volume. There is a stir on the small balcony of the building at the extreme end of the plaza, a short, black-shirted, uniformed figure steps briskly to the balustrade, and the low hum swells instantly to a tumultuous roar which becomes ever louder as the minutes wear by. On the balcony the little...
...back to buffet luncheons for another four years," remarked a Washington grande dame to a CRIMSON reporter during the vacation, summing up the recent democratic invasion of the nation's capital. In spite of her fears that this administration would be as disastrous to her career as that of Wilson, she proceeded to mention several things which could still amuse...
...praised skill at orchestration, showed itself long before Chicago's red-headed organist had heard of Poet Sandburg. He was six years old, living in Grand Rapids where his father worked in the postoffice, when he showed an unusual talent for playing the piano. During the War, in spite of being blind in one eye, he was drafted for military service, set to playing the saxophone and the clarinet in a regimental band. Even then, at 22, Leo Sowerby was writing ambitious orchestral music. Conductor Frederick Stock invited him to attend the Chicago Symphony's performance...
...spite of starting this ambitious project in a depression year, we received more applications than could possibly be filled. The two upper classes were able to gain admittance but only about 20 per cent of the Sophomore Class, could be taken...
...Psychology is small, and consequently has little of the formality which is such a nuisance in other larger fields. Although it is, in fact, entirely separate from Philosophy, the office still calls the department "Psychology and Philosophy" and Seniors must still take one question from the Philosophy divisionals. In spite of this, however, the psychologists rightly look on themselves as a separate entity; a progressive and complete, though small, department. The department has its own elementary courses, its own "snap" courses, its own tutors and its own divisionals...