Word: spites
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...barren hills overlooking his ramshackle capital of Amman, the slim, 21 -year-old King of Jordan spoke slowly, in a voice deep and rich for one so young. "I feel I am stronger than ever now. I have the support of my army and my people, in spite of all the efforts to break up my country. We realize now that the propaganda campaign and the internal crisis were the responsibility of international Communism and its followers." The King paused. In his paper-white face the dark eyes seemed unnaturally large. His slight frame, draped in a rakish tan gabardine...
...suit Ming tastes, and comes off as a triumph in space and contrasts. But T'ang Yin could not resist slyly mocking the mood of scholarly repose. On the painting he wrote: "Miss Li Tuan-tuan of the House of Shan Ho is indeed a walking flower. In spite of all the rich men in Yangchow, she has given her love to a poor scholar." The House of Shan Ho housed the prostitutes of the day. ¶ Ch'iu Ying worked mainly in the painstaking style that dates back to the T'ang Dynasty's General...
...more than $1,000,000. While only 49% of the faculty had Ph.D.s in 1952, today 65% do. Stout upped faculty salaries 68%, started a college of education, a junior college in Las Vegas, a graduate school, a school of nursing and a college of business administration. But in spite of all these accomplishments, the university is still living through some of the unhappiest years of its life...
...spite of these three performances, the match was won by the doubles teams, as the Crimson swept all three matches in this area. The Junta-Sears team survived some shaky moments to edge Brownlow and Harry Hoffman, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. They were ahead 5 to 2 in the final set; but Hoffman held service to make it 5 to 3, and Junta dropped his powerful delivery to put the count...
Although B.U. has been plagued by the lack of indoor training this Spring, resulting in some shoddy fielding, it boasts a record of 3 and 0 coming into today's game. The Terriers have beaten M.I.T., 7 to 6, and squeezed by Northeastern yesterday, 5 to 4. In spite of comparative scores which favor Harvard, Possiel's fine showing against Northeastern could indicate a surprise...