Word: spite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first actions of this white revolutionary youth movement in the U.S. must be of a symbolic nature because its numbers are now small. They must show that the human spirit is capable of actual fighting even in spite of the peacefulness and obedience we were taught in school...
...spite of her serious intellectual pursuits, Bergvall--like many of the students at Harvard's liberal arts graduate school--quickly shatters the stereotype of a quiet scholar-to-be poring over musty tomes day after...
Harvard's complicity in apartheid has another dimension. Harvard's support for apartheid is an outrage in itself, the Corporation's refusal to divest represents an intolerable affront to the Harvard community. For six years, the Administration has ignored, co-opted, or defied every demand for divestment, in spite of an overwhelming student consensus against ties to South Africa...
...spite of these and hundreds of other incidents that can be attributed directly to the Salvadorean government the State Department continues to report that "Whether the Government beats full responsibility for the crimes of certain rightist elements is difficult to establish. To many observers, it is even more difficult to establish that El Salvador has made any substantial human rights progress in 1982. However, the president has duly certified that the government of Roberto d'Aubuisson is fully eligible to receive approximately $125 million in direct military aid in fiscal year...
...last year's discussions were informal "recruiting' efforts by some House Masters to attract students with particular talents or backgrounds. The recruiting efforts had little apparent effect a follow-up study revealed almost identical demographic disparities. By this fall, the entire question of demographic balance had evaporated, in spite of the lingering gaps...