Word: spite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Your story on smoking was excellent. We respect your having done this in spite of the fact that cigarette advertisers supply a part of your income. All too often, articles of this nature are limited to a few unobtrusive sentences...
...spite of its high stakes, an important question hanging over the Salvadoran election is whether enough voters will turn out to give the results any real legitimacy. There is considerable public skepticism about the electoral process in a country where the military has stolen or manipulated elections since 1931. Moreover, the election is taking place in a climate of political terror in which citizens are threatened by the guerrillas if they go to the polls. Said U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Deane Hinton: "You'll see on the 28th whether the Salvadorans go out and vote...
During this period of intermittent prison terms. Brutus began publishing poetry, in which he laments the powerlessness and frustration of the Blacks and the misery of prison life, among other topics. Brutus recalls that he started publishing his poems more to spite the South African government than to fulfill any intellectual dream. "I only began to publish poetry once I was told it was illegal to publish," he says...
...place. For example, the Soviet Union how has 20,000 nuclear bombs stockpiled, with 7,000 nuclear warheads aimed at the United States. At the same time the United States has 25,000-30,000 nuclear bombs stockpiled, with 10,000 aimed at the Soviet Union. And yet in spite of this amazing overkill stockpile, we are currently engaged in a massive escalation of the arms race. An example of this escalation is manafest in President Reagan's astronomical $1.5 trillion military spending plan for the next five years, including a $180 billion nuclear weapons program that will...
...Hampshire, which boasts a 17-12-0 overall record and two wins over Clarkson, heat out the Golden Knights for the second seed and home ice. "I thought maybe in spite of [Clarkson's two losses this weekend] they would seed Clarkson second." UNH coach Charlie Holt said last night. "But I don't mind it this...