Word: spitefully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...questions that HSA has increased the number of jobs available, but many question the ethics of its procedures. And, in spite of Dean Monro's emotional references to "needy students," it is not clear that these new jobs are going to students with need, or even that HSA bothers to ask whether students have need...
...spite of all the talent at his disposal, there are still a number of problems McCurdy must solve if the '63 team is to be a great one instead of merely one of McCurdy's many very good teams...
...spite of the harrassment and turnover in faculty, however, these departments have stubbornly continued to do their jobs. The very fact that the outside political pressures are if anything increasing is proof that the professors have not yielded. And the fact that since 1954, the year of the Brown decision, there has been a large element of dissenters among the student body is proof that the professors' efforts have not been in vain...
...film for seven years and sued him for "unprofessional conduct" during the filming. At the same time (1955) the critical Cahiers du Cinema proclaimed it one of the best movies ever made. Up to the finale, I would be inclined to agree with the Cahiers critics, in spite of the weakness in acting and flashback technique. But the whimper ending, which could so easily have been worked into a bang, drops it from the sublime to the extraordinary...
...spite of this madness, some interesting relationships emerge as the story unfolds. Unfortunately, director Silverthorne does not pursue many of them. He falls into the trap and explores only the lack of understanding between the very rich (Albert) and the poor (Amanda). And this conflict is the most trivial in the script, as well as totally overdrawn. Silverthorne underplays the pitiful position of the Duchess, and her inability to help Albert even though she desperately wants to. The real nature of Albert's melancholy is only suggested...