Word: spitefully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...difficult task of living up to high dramatic and musical standards. Jim Paul conducting the entire show without a score, a token of the professionalism that permeated the production. Under his baton the pit orchestra and several notches above the usual for G&S at Agassiz. In spite of occasionally poor intonation and some floundering in more technical passages, Paul's musicians played with sensitivity and variety, giving Yeomen by far the most exciting theatre orchestra heard around here for along time. The chorus has been well-drilled by Vince Canzoneri, and they negotiated the tongue-twisting finales with fervor...
Blurted Theory. The blunt candor of the report surprised officials of both NASA and North American. Testifying before Texas Democrat Olin Teague's House Subcommittee on NASA Over sight, North American's top brass seemed defensive and often vague. "In spite of my feeling of deep responsibility for our organization," said Atwood, "I do feel that the responsibility must be widely shared." At one point, North American Vice President John McCarthy quarreled with the board's conclusion that faulty wiring probably caused the fire. Pressed for alternatives, he blurted: "It has been theorized that Grissom could have...
...book was responsible for all the mechanical labor-saving devices of the industrial revolution. Protestantism, the Enlightenment and suburbia all owe their creation to the book and the eye. But in spite of its once-impressive power, the book has been overwhelmed, in recent decades, by the electronic media: the telegraph, the radio, the computer, and especially television...
...spite of the internal strife and external harrassment, the coalition held together without a single defection, and when King, Spock, McKissick, Dellinger, Bevel, and the other principals led the march out of Central Park toward the U.N. shortly after 12 noon, they had a lot of people behind them...
...that, last week's move was mostly psychological; in spite of the new rate, few member banks are likely to rush to the Federal Reserve's discount windows for loans. At the moment, they have all the money they need. A record rate of consumer saving and a decline in demand tor loans have pushed bank reserves to a four-year high. Bank deposits have increased 20% at an annual rate since the beginning of the year, while loans have dropped by $1.9 billion or 1.4%. Certificates of deposit, which hit a high of $18.6 billion during...