Word: spite
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spite of the worldwide crescendo of concern for them, Indochina's refugees remain the victims of acts of God and man. Though President Carter dispatched a five-ship Seventh Fleet task force to pick up whatever boat people it could find, the Navy rescue mission was temporarily halted after twelve days, when the 150 m.p.h. winds of Typhoon Hope whipped the South China Sea into a cauldron of death. Some 443 Vietnamese aboard three junks barely made it to Hong Kong after being pushed back to sea from Macao by Portuguese officials the day before the storm...
Washington is sensibly encouraging the use of ethanol in spite of its modest technical problems as a replacement for gasoline. The Administration has already budgeted $11 million in loan guarantees for stills, and the Senate has approved a bill that would increase the funding to a full $500 million...
Except for prostitution, which continues to flourish in spite of official efforts to wipe it out, the Soviets have no stomach for "deviant" behavior. Pornography is rare. Oral sex is usually performed only with prostitutes (out of male fears of venereal disease). Popular scorn of homosexuality is so intense that it is "simply passed over in silence...
Some efforts seem to be under way to break away from the stifling past. There is, for instance, a fledgling underground pornographic press called sexizdat (after the samizdat underground literary movement). Stern also reveals that daring protesters have been dropping pornographic doodles into ballot boxes. Yet in spite of such pathetic signs of rebellion, Stern does not see enlightenment any time soon. Indeed, he fears that sex may become increasingly cold, cynical and impersonal in the U.S.S.R. All of which underscores his basic message: that the Revolution stopped at the bedroom door...
Felipe Noguera, a member of Haymarket Concerts, said yesterday he understands why Harvard allowed their non-profit group the use of the stadium. "Their name gets the good publicity, in spite of their holdings in South Africa," he said