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Word: spite (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Foreign Affairs seems like anything but an easy gamble Lurie spares as none of the foibles and failing of the Professors of Love, but makes us love them anyway. She succeeds not by resting on the certain appeal of the glamorous life, but, like her academic friends, in spite of glamour...

Author: By Clark J. Freshmen, | Title: Why Do Intellectuals Fall in Love? | 11/30/1984 | See Source »

Characterizing the visitors' fencing style as "aggressive," senior Captain Lori McLaughlin said that in spite of the loss she thought the Crimson had done "very nice fencing." The hosts fell only six short in touches, where the Engineers triumphed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Fencing | 11/29/1984 | See Source »

...spite of the fact that people are continually looking for a change, two things will always be appreciated: a feminine woman and good manners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 26, 1984 | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...been asked why, in spite of "student apathy," an event such as the Hunger Banquet could keep 60 people interested for three hours and raise $250. I answer that students are not apathetic when faced with the problem and what can be done to solve it. The problem is that people are starving, I've listed what can be done to help them. Am I right or wrong? Ranee Chang President, N.N.A.C...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defending the Oxfam Fast | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...political base. In the past, Percy had been attacked mainly from the right; this time, facing a strong liberal, he pitched himself as a Reaganite. Not only did he lose the votes of once sympathetic blacks and liberals, but New Right groups worked against his re-election out of spite for past heresies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '84: The Senate: Landslide or No, The G.O.P. Margin Shrinks | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

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