Word: spiteful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...team, even without the help of its star Canadian center Johnny Casey, who landed in the infirmary at 5 p.m. this afternoon with a bad case of grippe. For the Crimson's part, the forwards passed and skated beautifully, and John Chase played a superb goalie's game, in spite of the seven goals he couldn't stop...
There's another vital reason why, in spite of the costs, the Medical School doesn't want to cut down the scale of its research program. To be able to maintain such a show--with grants continually coming in from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, the Department of Public Health, and many other donors--lends Harvard Medical tremendous prestige in the public eye and insures, in a sense, the reputation of the School...
...surprise of no one, the varsity swimming team defeated the alumni 38-28 Saturday night in the annual varsity annual pre-season meet at the Block-house. In spite of poor times, the varsity managed to paddle out its eleventh straight victories over the oldtimers...
Reverend Henry Dunster succeeded Eaton and built the first college buildings, placing the dining room in Harvard Hall. In spite of his more orderly system, and the largest kitchen in New England, the College had established a reputation for poor food that, according to one historian, "clung to it for more than two centuries...
...basic fault of "Alive and Kicking" is, not surprisingly, its material. In spite of the assistance of Milton Berle, Henry Morgan, and four other contributors to the sketches, there are no more than three or four genuinely funny moments all evening. The songs, written by a total of ten people, can be most charitably described as innocuous. Costumes and scenery are similarly undistinguished. Surely such weak efforts do not deserve a cast of 40 and a production costing thousands of dollars...