Word: spite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spite of all that, I'm afraid I can no longer back Mr. Reagan. I could forgive him for his quip about Martin Luther King and his joke about bombing the Russians. I could forget that this is the man who promised to balance our budget. I could still rally behind him, even though he tried to cut my college aid, broke Salt II and fell asleep during cabinet meetings...
...Weinberger again argued strenuously against the arms sales, but they left the conference feeling uncertain that they had swayed an enthusiastic Reagan and his equally gung-ho NSC and CIA advisers. Ten days later the President signed a secret intelligence "finding," thus permitting "occasional" arms transactions with Iran in spite of the continuing embargo. He assigned management of the deals to the CIA and instructed Casey to conceal the project from Congress. At the same time, Reagan ordered that intelligence traffic on the arms shipments be kept from the State Department and the Pentagon. While Shultz accepted the blackout...
...spite of Ramos' timely gesture, Aquino's headaches are not over. At week's end a bomb exploded in a suburban Manila theater, injuring 18 people; it was the sixth such attack in the capital area in less than a month. Police blamed the attack on N.P.A. guerrillas. As President Aquino struggles to put her country on a firmer political footing, unequivocal support from her armed forces chief may well prove critical...
...DEMCROCRATS WON THE BIGGEST ROUND in Election '86, and they did it in spite of having to operate at a huge disadvantage to the Republicans. The Grand Old Party does not have any lock on virtue, they just have money--five times as much as the Dems in the '86 Senate races...
...cast of Company provides great entertainment in spite of the story's shortcomings. One goes to a musical comedy for music and comedy, and both are in evidence. This is a show well worth the ticket, and if I'm wrong then the size and laughter of the audience puts me in very good company...