Word: spite
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spite of all the recent controversy, wemaintain that an award's nite which unifies oftenisolated student groups in a celebratory manner isa positive addition to the long list of Harvardtraditions," they wrote...
...spite of evidence supplied by three highly regarded scientific laboratories that the shroud is a fake, it is estimated that almost 3 million devoted followers will line up to see it. People believe only what they want to believe. ANTONIO COLACINO Naples, Italy...
...century or two ago. I suppose that comports with my acknowledged contrarian sympathies, though it is not simply correct. I probably appreciate the alien world revealed in Plato's dialogues and Jane Austen's novels more than most others do. But it is because of this appreciation, not in spite of it, that I also probably appreciate our world and the possibilities of it more than most other...
...removed. But Army officers working for Reimer say Hale got no special protection. They say that because Reimer knew Hale was under investigation, Hale's file didn't need to be formally flagged. And it was within Reimer's power to issue a waiver allowing Hale to retire in spite of the investigation. "Is Reimer supposed to ask himself for a waiver?" a senior Army officer asks. There was nothing illegal about allowing Hale to retire, the officer argues. Besides, he contends, Hale can always be recalled to active duty to face punishment...
...spite of such worries, the council voted to reinstate Parade of Stars' funding...