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Word: spite (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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President Conant has given no indication of what his decision will be if he is offered the post. To date, his policies as head of the University have always been termed non-partisan, in spite of his vigorous and effective opposition to the Supreme Court Bill last spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONANT UNINFORMED ON G.O.P. POST INVITATION | 11/16/1937 | See Source »

...musical line, Messrs Gordon and Ravel score in a small way with "Swing Is Here To Stay" and "I've Got My Heart Set on You." Raymond Scott and his quintet beat out "Twilight in Turkey" with intestinal fortitude in spite of two sinuous dancing girls who hardly do the tune justice...

Author: By V. F., | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 11/16/1937 | See Source »

Little Charles L. Moore '38 of Winthrop House was chosen for the left guard berth. In spite of his 158 pounds Moore was a standout all season for the Purtians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR DEACONS WIN POSITIONS ON ALL-HOUSE GRID TEAM | 11/13/1937 | See Source »

...spite of its nonsensical, stilted story and some bad dialogue Angel has a sustained romantic mood, a subdued, shimmering elegance of playing and direction that makes it interesting though silly. Typical line: "Please go. Every moment that you're here my home is in danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 8, 1937 | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

...during the German Wartime occupation (TIME, Jan. 25), Author van der Meersch presented a panoramic account of a people in the hands of their enemy. More compact an outline, more pastoral in treatment, his second has the same general setting but a different time and far narrower scope. In spite of its slightly cramped design, however, and chiefly by reason of its author's virtuosity, it is in all respects a highly interesting novel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Flemish Pastoral | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

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