Word: spites
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...modified version also proved too strong for the Crimson, despite the services of Dyer. The Yale swimmers had built a lead of nearly two body lengths by the time Dyer took off on the anchor leg. In spite of a sprint that brought him within a quarter of a length of Anderson, Dyer faded slightly on the last lap and the Elis were home safe...
Speaking at the Conference on Careers in Government, he asserted that the prestige of government employees is rising, in spite of such occupational hazards. He offered prospective civil servants opportunities for service and challenge in a field which is placing increasing emphasis on career development among employees...
...spite of the eccentricity of Shaw's will, no one at first bothered to contest it. Shaw had not left too much cash, and the huge (70%) death duties had yet to be paid. Then along came the Broadway hit My Fair Lady, which has brought in $2,000 a week in royalties, has paid the death duty, upped the estate's value to $2,000,000. By last month so much money was involved that Britain's Public Trustee Office decided to test the will in court. Was the rewriting of the alphabet really a legitimate...
...HAVEN, March 2--In spite of the absence of star guard Johnny Lee, a powerful Yale basketball team proved too much for a slow-starting Harvard team here in Payne-Whitney Gymnasium tonight. Except for a brief three-minute stretch late in the game, the Elis were never behind, winning by a comfortable eight-point margin...
...requiring rigid examination of all cars more than four years old caused hundreds of jalopies to be junked.) Said Chicago Dealer Louis Izkovitz: "The drop looks drastic because prices had reached an all-time high. Actually, the market isn't a bad one at present in spite of the drop. Most of the people in the industry would be happy to have it level off at the present plateau...