Word: spites
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spite of what these students may hope, however, RUS will never replace the College administration, nor does it want to. "The College Council doesn't want to be dictated to," said Debbie Batts, "and we really don't want to dictate. It's very hard to impress people with the more subtle things we're trying...
...their finger on the nation's pulse thinks that America is scared of its young. America is afraid of the rock and roll army, scared of its rejection of their values, scared of the drugs kids take instead of alcohol, scared the kids might really be having fun in spite of the imminent wrath of God, scared that it might be true when the young say that adults lives are boring, trivial, and nourishing as spit...
Coach Bill McCurdy, resplendent in a baby-blue turtleneck, expressed satisfaction with his team's performance. Shaw, vowing not to shave until he loses, ran his string of victories to three in spite of his toughest competition to date: his three teammates. Pottetti appeared unhampered by his blisters in chalking up his best race to date...
...love with his wife's deeply feminine nature; yet her serenity makes him irritable and her confidence bruis es his ego. He turns to other women, including his own mother-in-law, before accepting the fact that he has married well in spite of himself. The author writes in an easy, almost slangy style. But despite a refreshingly genial tone and an accurately observed setting, this first effort cries out for a master of magic who could turn some promising notes into a novel...
...gives us almost complete freedom of operations and makes it possible for us to practice year-round in spite of the unpredictable New England weather," he said...