Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...could determine. But the disgruntled racing fans of New England, after finally settling down to comparative calm, saw one of the greatest races of the year. War Admiral, for whom Owner Samuel Riddle refused on offer of $250,000* last month, was made a 2-to-5 favorite (in spite of a muddy track and top weight of 130 lb.) after Seabiscuit was scratched. Leaving the post, the four-year-old Riddle colt was not in front as is his custom. Menow*, a three-year-old rated as merely a sprinter, splashed mud in War Admiral's face...
...Carmody, a Pennsylvanian who went to the New Deal as chief engineer for the Civil Works Administration, was one of the early members of the National Labor Relations Board. Thin-thatched, energetic Administrator Carmody can be tough on occasion, especially when he discovers that private utility companies have built "spite lines...
...Rage of Paris (Universal). While most of its major competitors were making large profits, Universal in its last fiscal year (ending October 30, 1937) lost over $1,000,000. What made this especially impressive was that it occurred in spite of Three Smart Girls, one of the big money-making pictures of the year, which grossed a total of nearly $2,000,000. Star of Three Smart Girls and two subsequent Universal hits is blithe, bouncing, 16-year-old Deanna Durbin. Suspecting that it needed, if not another Durbin, at least a running mate of comparable calibre, Universal acquired...
...Commonweal's editors assured their readers that they did not favor the Loyalist cause, which, they said, has ''permitted the murder of priests, nuns and lay people" and has allied itself with Soviet Russia. But they denounced Spanish Rightists for: 1) bombing defenseless civilians in spite of "protests from the Holy Father," 2) uttering "totalitarian views very similar to those which have been condemned by the Church in other countries," 3) allying themselves with the Fascist and Nazi nations. The Commonweal urged Catholics to avoid stirring up hate and violent partisanship in the U. S., to stave...
...Dutch East Indies and markets throughout the East. And Deterding, who succeeded Kessler as managing director, was dreaming of fighting Rockefeller. By 1903, backed by the Rothschilds, he set out to buck Standard Oil. Deterding lost more than $4,000,000, but fought Standard to a standstill (in spite of the free lamps Standard gave away) and won a market in China. From then until the War he was busy grabbing up new properties in Mexico, Venezuela and California...