Word: spites
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tapped for the San Francisco engagement sound unheard, after Director Adler scheduled Francesca, then learned that his star soprano (Renata Tebaldi) would be unable to take the role after all. San Francisco listeners found the old (1914) opera dull and static in spite of its lush arias, but Soprano Gencer was something to hear. Her voice is big, warm and beautiful, and capable of surging emotional power. The U.S. will be hearing more...
TOTAL FARM OUTPUT will probably equal 1955's alltime record in spite of general decline in crop production, predicts Agriculture Department. While flexible price supports and other surplus-cutting devices will trim crops to 104.2% on 1947-49 index (v. 105% last year), increases in livestock (up 1 point to 123%) are likely to keep overall production at peak levels...
...record. Integration at college level, therefore, really proves little by itself. The problem is a much more real one at the school level, where at least the educational and motivational factors can perhaps be straightened out, if not the economic. The Negro in an integrated college is there in spite of, not because of, his secondary school training...
...Spread of the Gospel faces serious obstacles. "In spite of some encouragement," there is as yet no "convincing evidence of a widespread revival of religion." And to make evangelism harder, "There is, also, a recrudescence of some of the ancient faiths [i.e., Buddhism, Mohammedanism, Shintoism] often associated with nationalistic fervor, and threatening to put obstacles in the way of the church's work . . . There is the greatest need for the rethinking of missionary strategy, and for devising new methods of cooperation." But while new methods of evangelism are desirable, "the finest, best-tempered and most certain instrument of evangelism...
...front in the eighth inning. Leftfielder Bobby Thomson promptly put an end to that rally by thoughtlessly trying to steal home. Apoplectic over this final foolishness, Manager Fred Haney fined Bobby $100. Apparently he did not think it worth while to beef that Bobby was probably safe in spite of himself. Dodger Catcher Campanella had jumped a good yard out of the catcher's box before Pitcher Roger Craig got rid of the ball. When they bothered to look, the Braves discovered that they had won 8-7, had taken back their one-game lead...