Word: spites
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seriously object when one of your reviewers referred in passing to that great Shakespearean tragedy, lago; when your article on "Continentalism" spoke of the noise of motor-scooters in the streets of Venice," I smiled indulgently; but when your reviewer pans For Whom the Bell Tolls in spite of the fact that he has been obviously dazzled by Gary Cooper's performance as Cary Grant, this is too much! Franklin M. Fisher...
...spite of mutual back kitchen disdain, each coffee house serves its demitasse and mocha in a civilized setting of folk music, artiness and urbanity. And for only 50 cents...
...Kentucky, almost all of the 220 districts have already reached the maximum tax rate allowed by state law. Though the 1956 legislature appropriated more than $54 million to help districts maintain certain minimum standards of quality, only a small part of the amount was earmarked for construction-in spite of the fact that 200,000 children now go to schools with no inside plumbing or central heating. Without outside help, say Kentucky officials, the state will be able to raise less than half of the $350 million it will need...
...speech to his legislature, Texas Governor Price Daniel summed up the sentiment of his state: "Texas should have the finest school system in the nation, and this should be accomplished with Texas money." In spite of serious shortages in New York City and on Long Island, New York officials are not at all worried about raising the more than $1½ billion the state will need by 1960. But New York-like Massachusetts and New Jersey-has another reason for being cool to federal aid: it would have to pay out far more to support a national program than...
...spite of the pro-federal-aid efforts of the Illinois Education Association, Illinois officialdom does not want federal aid. In Virginia, not a single county or city has exhausted its bonding capacity, and from Governor Thomas Stanley and Senator Harry Byrd on down, most political leaders vigorously oppose help from the Government. In Maryland, the most serious classroom shortage is in Baltimore county, but even there educators are looking not to the U.S. but to the state for the funds they need...