Word: spite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scheduled for 1984, including one with a secret Pentagon payload. But Challenger had barely settled into orbit 190 miles above the earth on the tenth shuttle mission when space gremlins struck. A multimillion-dollar communications satellite, one of two carried on board, mysteriously vanished into the void. Still, in spite of the embarrassing loss, NASA hoped to redeem itself with another of its spectaculars. This week, for the first time, astronauts plan to take a true step into space, leaving the safety of the mother ship without so much as a frail wire to prevent them from drifting off toward...
...think that Mike would agree that be is being appointed not because to is an economist but if anything in spite of the fact that he is an economist," said...
Indeed, throughout the conference, in spite of his quick command of the issues and engaging smoothness. Spence seemed to be somewhat bemused over the whole situation--over having suddenly been thrust into the spotlight of one of the most prestigious jobs in academia...
...spite of the relative dearth of Harvard points, some Crimson thinclads ensured that their opponents had to fight the Crimson all the way to the wire...
...spite of the confusion, no one feels the need for women in the cast Said Percival, "The show would not have the same appeal, to both sexes, that it does...