Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unprecedented strength and heterogeneous population, occupies a highly strategic position in the international situation, and that our program will appeal to the practical idealism of the nation. We hope to associate our selves with the ablest young men of our age in every state of the Union. In spite of great difficulties, financial and otherwise, we have made definite progress and have been able to arrange for office facilities in room 605, 75 West 45th Street, New York City. Anyone desiring information about the project and wishing to assist us should communicate with me at that address...
Advisers' halfback Hugh P. Jones 2L made the only score when he intercepted a Law Review aerial and raced 23 yards to the pay territory. The other two backs on the winning side were John Rhome 2L, whose passes were outstanding in spite of the high wind, and James P. Kranz 3L, whose defensive work shone...
...reuniting the largest and most ancient country in the world in the face of common danger; for learning perforce to unleash bombs from nowhere, mines from nowhere, planes from nowhere in a land where every gesture is a tradition; for advancing national progress and a New Life in spite of centuries of worship and changelessness, all credit belongs to the Couple of the Year, China's Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Mei-ling Chiang...
...said that more than 70% of patrons of Walnut Street houses are students. This in spite of fact that Champaign is the railroad man's paradise...
After two years on the force, Evanston let him install his own bureau, instruct brother officers in his methods of checking accidents. So loyally did his city stand behind him that, in spite of an increase in automobiles, Evanston's motor death rate in nine years dropped from 21.8 per 100,000 to 2.9. In 1932 Kreml organized what later became Northwestern's Traffic Safety Institute in which police officers from all parts of the U. S. enroll in two courses, one general course of two weeks, the other a full university term from October to June...