Word: spites
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Both British management and successive governments are to blame for not pumping enough of the right kind of investment into industry to modernize it or, in spite of all the export campaigns, for not really getting out and hard-selling British goods. The job of salesman holds little status in Britain and, for that matter, business itself still tends to be looked down upon as the domain of the hustling parvenu or the disdainful "gentleman amateur...
...Puritans had little trouble defeating Quincy in the first game. But the Dudley team, surprisingly strong in spite of a 1-7 record, gave Winthrop a scare with a potent passing attack. The Duds' 38 points were the most scored against the Puritans all year...
...spite of all this, the evening was far from an overwhelming triumph. The Haydn and the Milhaud suffered from problems of balance; the brass and the percussion were the respective offenders. Intonation in the Haydn was poor. Accompaniment figures in the violas were almost polytonal, and in spite of stalwarts like Street, Lisa Sandow and Richard Hamm, the strings evinced the same raw amateur sound that has plagued the Bach Society for years. Only in the humor of the finale's coda did the work manage to come alive...
Despite their misgivings, most businessmen predict rising sales next year. "We are backing up our forecast by increasing production," says Chairman William Blackie of Caterpillar Tractor Co. "Most businessmen I meet feel we're going to succeed-in spite of Government." Optimism, however, is often tempered with worry over strikes, rising labor costs, and, inevitably, squeezed profit margins...
Dartmouth has been unimpressive two weeks in a row, trounced by Yale and eking out an unconvincing 13-7 win over Columbia. Cornell, strong in spite of its medicore record, just might...