Word: spites
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...returnees are feeling the brunt of the overcrowding problem because priority has been given to floaters in room assignments. In the past, however, most of the returnees could be absorbed in spite of this restriction...
...were afraid we might escalate the war to include both China and, consequently, Japan. The complexity of the situation, however, has become increasingly clear to a large segment of the Japanese population and many of them realize the difficulty of finding a concrete alternative to our present policy. In spite of this optimism, Reischauer predicts that the presence of Western troops in Asia will continue to cause friction even in nations not directly involved...
...spite of all that, the U.S. still has its heroes-though they are different from those of any other society...
...spite of the rigidity which the professions have built into the system of delivering medical care, change is occurring and will continue to occur at an accelerated rate. The impetus for change is from the public and the news media, the Government, and labor and management organizations are all instruments of this force. What the public wants of course is somewhat contradictory. It wishes to have the practical general practioner of the 18th and 19th centuries but endowed with all the knowledge and skills of the 20th century specialist. It wants the comfort of the home visit combined with...
...background news stories-a piece of praise that is the sole exception to his general contention that American journalists do not know how to write. Even so, for everyday reading, Fairlie's personal favorite is the Washington Post, "the most promising major newspaper in the eastern U.S.-in spite of all its defects...