Word: spites
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week the strike had cost city retailers more than $10 million, the city itself $2,000,000 in sales taxes and $1,000,000 more in subway revenues. There was little doubt that, in spite of the tough talk and threatened firings, the subway motormen had made it pretty clear to the jittery city that they wanted to be alone...
Soon after the show, however. Seven Lively Arts's producers heard a long, sad note from CBS. In spite of some artistic successes after a faulty start, Arts had wooed no sponsors in five weeks. So CBS decreed that on Feb. 16-after only ten of its projected 22 shows, and a loss of $1,250,000-Arts will close shop. Executive Producer John Houseman blamed the lack of sponsors partly on the critics, added: "But if you fail when you're doing something that's fun and good, it doesn't matter...
This optimism existed in spite of some less rosy statistics. The Department of Commerce announced that manufacturers' inventories fell in October as new orders slipped behind shipments. In the nation's basic industry, steelmakers are sluggishly producing at only 72% of capacity and still trimming production...
...FEAST OF LUPERCAL, by Brian Moore. A book which proves that Novelist Moore's excellent first, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1956) was no accident. Malice, spite, envy and sexual frustration at a boys' school in Ireland add up to ignorance triumphant-and pathos on every page...
Blended Spirit. In Launceston, Tasmania, after police caught Minister for Police Charles Aylett drinking in a bar after hours, he was fined $5 in spite of his contention that "Parliament makes laws to cover extreme cases, but Parliament always considers that the law will be administered with discretion...