Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Finding & Facing Facts. Declared Mr. Gardiner of charge No. 6: "It appeared inconceivable that any informed American official could approve of a naval holiday that would thus result. But an obvious although perhaps not the basic explanation would be that President Hoover, in spite of his partiality to fact-finding commissions, had not taken the precaution to have such an analysis made. ... It is natural to avoid the finding and facing of facts that may refute one's fancies...
Although Holy Cross looms up as the Crimson's strongest opponent in the near future, Coach Casey will risk everything to keep up his clean record this afternoon. In spite of the fact that the Crusaders sustained a defeat at the hands of Dartmouth a couple of weeks ago, their recent crushing victory over an undefeated Brown team gives them a higher rating than their erstwhile conquerors. Both the Crusaders and Elis are laying up for the best Harvard eleven that has been seen in years. Holy Cross will start its second string lineup against Duquesne this afternoon, although...
...intention of the author to bring out the dramatic elements in the weekday struggles of suburbanites to keep the home fires burning and to raise families, but his success was scarcely signal for reasons inherent in the writing and conception of the play. And in spite of this on Monday night a very large audience left the Plymouth obviously pleased...
...with Oxford, the University team will be composed entirely of undergraduates. In the last debate, which took place in 1925, students in the graduate schools were allowed to participate in order to even the odds with Oxford, but in the coming debate the college alone will be represented, in spite of the advantage which is thereby given to the visitors...
...spite of the goals that were tallied for Harvard by D.B. Dorman '32, Captain H.H. Broadbent '32, and D.M. Frame '32, the Pennsylvanians, victors this year over Germantown, Crescent, and Lehigh, succeeded by their swift running and passing to drive in the two extra winning points...