Word: spite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spite of this unexpected distraction, Washington's main concern in the region was still the legacy of the fighting in Lebanon. In Israel, the government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin survived three no-confidence motions in the Knesset, all of them aimed at expressing the opposition's displeasure over the way in which the government had dealt with the recommendations of the independent commission charged with investigating the Beirut massacre of last September. In Lebanon, the fragile government of President Amin Gemayel accomplished the symbolic feat of replacing Christian militiamen on duty in Christian East Beirut with government...
...little clarification. What the Israeli commission called indirect responsibility, Thomas Aquinas deemed the sin of omission, and the concept antedates Aquinas in the Old Testament prophets. In domestic law it goes by the name of negligence. The application is familiar: by doing nothing to prevent a wrongful act, in spite of having the power to do so, one shares a portion of the blame. It may go further. If one sets into motion a train of events that lead to a calamity, however circuitously, he may be culpable as well, the absence of intention being merely a detail...
...science courses maintained their high rankings. In spite of its high enrollment, Chemistry 20b, "Organic Chemistry," is "not popular," according to William V. Doering, Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry. Rather, it is simply "an inescapable requirement for medical school...
...going to cut off our noses to spite our faces," says Ting. Last semester Ting's group received $1,000 from the Foundation for a Japanese theater production. The Foundation has also provided funding to American Indians at Harvard, as well as an Asian American women's group, and several Latin American cultural and health organizations...
...entitlement programs, the deficit would still be in the stratosphere. The Administration predicts red ink will reach $300 billion by 1988 if nothing is done. Said Alexander Trowbridge, president of the National Association of Manufacturers: "The most troubling aspect of the President's speech is that in spite of his proposals, projected federal deficits will remain unacceptably high next year and for years to come...