Word: spite
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Voluminous records of the flight proved that Ham had performed magnificently. In spite of fearful acceleration forces (up to 18 Gs) and weightlessness that lasted seven minutes, he had worked his light-and-lever system without a single error, never getting a shock...
...spite of a sophomore contingent that has made its prospects the brightest in a short hockey history, the Big Red has had its troubles this season, dropping seven out of nine contests. Nevertheless, Cornell, a team that used to lose to the Crimson by scores like 16 to 1, held the varsity to 3 to 1 last month...
...have I felt like saying that the Democratic National Committee "haven't given me the time of day," with respect to my hopes to be considered for particular assignments in the Kennedy Administration. The men with whom I have been in touch have been most courteous in spite of the urgent and onerous responsibilities burdening them...
...State Department, Army, and Navy have so far managed to restrain them in spite of last fall's gold rush. Next year's conventional forces have not been weakened, although the government has quite understandably asked the other NATO countries to contribute more troops. If the deficit is to be reduced, this is the manner in which it ought to be done; Kennedy should quash any more squabbles like those of the last two years as extra-ordinarily irresponsible. He should also remind the European countries that the dollar shortage is virtually over and that it is time for them...
...China are not in complete agreement but may settle their argument as to who is the dog and who is the tail. And during this time the Western democracies have tried in no effective way to establish an effective nucleus of a world government of their own in spite of their great common interests, their generally common religions, common literature, and very great similarities of government. Does any serious, thoughtful person think that the Western democracies are going to be able to stand up to this Eastern quite-tight coalition for a long time by means of its incidental temporary...