Word: spite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decades when the civil rights movements vastly enlarged our understanding of democracy. Poignantly, Dr. Oda explained why it had taken so long: "I did not want my children to feel the burden of shame and feelings of rejection by their fellow Americans. I wanted them to feel that in spite of what was done to us, this was still the best place in the world to live...
...administration's plan, however, Harvard financial officers will focus attention on serious shortfalls caused by budget cuts in agencies like the National Science Foundation, Coddington said. "If we can make a case to private contributors that we have been hurt in enough areas, perhaps we can encourage support in spite of the tax problems," he added...
Says Webb: "We leave what is left to other generations. They may have different and more modern methods." Still, in spite of the work ahead, Webb is willing to take time out to listen to anyone who calls with word of another old-bone find...
...since 1979, after the Vietnamese ousted the Peking-supported Pol Pot government from Cambodia. In turn, the Chinese have armed the Khmer Rouge guerrillas, who have been harrying Hanoi's occupying army. Ultimately, Peking seeks to restore the Pol Pot regime to power in Phnom-Penh in spite of the fact that his Communist regime slaughtered an estimated 3 million Cambodians during a reign of terror that lasted nearly four years. One theory to explain why China did not back the ASEAN proposal was that it wants to keep on bleeding Viet Nam and the Soviet Union...
...East bloc, where youthful talent in mathematics is cultivated as lovingly as it is in sports, chess and the ballet. Rumania won the first olympiad in 1959, although the Soviets have been the best performers since then, taking a total of nine golds in what has usually been, in spite of its name, an annual event. The U.S., uneasy about going up against the fearsome East Europeans, did not enter until 1974. But the Yanks have done surprisingly well. They came in second on their first try, then in 1977 won the top spot, becoming the first Western team...