Word: spiteful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Discussions about the threat of communism dominated the hearing in spite of the fact that Sullivan had eliminated the phrase referring to "atheistic communism" in a revision of the original H442. The change in the wording of the bill confused the testimony of many of the witnesses...
...DiMaggio, hobbling by on his sore heel, went to bat as a pinch hitter and drew a walk; Groth got a single in five times at bat, tossed out a Yankee at the plate with a good throw from center field. Did Groth look like an heir apparent? In spite of a mine-run performance that day, he handled himself with confidence; to sportwriters he seemed a good candidate for rookie-of-the-year. DiMag reserved judgment: "I got to see him do more than he did today...
...result is a study of people responding to something they do not quite believe in, arming themselves against imaginary dangers, moving forward irresistibly to a titanic disappointment, and yet overcoming, on the way, so many hardships that their effort became heroic in spite of themselves...
Much of the crop had been grown, not for a booming market, but to cash in on the Government-supported price. At 32½? a lb., the support price was about 300% over prewar levels. Last year, in spite of falling demand, U.S. cotton growers had turned out the biggest crop (14.9 million bales) in eleven years, giving the U.S. a carryover of some 6,000,000 bales...
Impromptu shows manage to crop up every now and then in spite of the fact that the station is run on a strict broadcasting schedule. Radio Radcliffe announcers like to ad lib Spike Jones records...