Word: spites
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Moreau's best film, which you mentioned in your fine article, has for some mysterious reason not been released in the U.S., in spite of its success in Europe. It is R. L. Bruckberger's Le Dialogue des Carmelites, in which she plays an 18th century nun rather than her usual 20th century love goddess. Moreau displays such remarkable strength and dignity in the film that the audience becomes convinced that these are personal virtues as well as professional tools. At the end of the film, all of the nuns are beheaded by French revolutionaries, except Moreau...
James S. Killen, AID director in Vietnam, evaluates the present situation: "In spite of the problems, there is a steady program of growth and improvement, better understanding, better training, and greater sophistication taking place in the processes of government...
Father: He wants to write. I should stop him? So let him be on the newspaper. But no Crime? I don't understand it, Linda. Why does he need to spite...
...head handed to me three times on Broadway," said TV Producer-Performer David Susskind last year, all the while trying to rationalize risking it a fourth time. "In spite of my bruised psyche and against my strong reluctance," he explained, "I auditioned this show and found it a marvelous, lusty, bawdy 1886 piece, with memorable, hummable tunes and inventive lyrics. I flipped. All my Broadway bruises vanished." Until last week...
Teaching salaries have increased significantly since Independence, although they fall well below the standards for a faculty such as Harvard's. In spite of improvements, as number of teachers, especially among the lower paid instructors, spend much time at outside tutoring, earning as much as half of their total income from outside work...