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Word: spites (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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However, in spite of the popular sentiment that favors hoarding America's wealth for Americans, it is almost certain that there will be many more of these unauthorized human beings entering the United States in the coming years. Economic conditions in Mexico are so wretched that the United States looks like the promised land in comparison. The vast majority of Mexico's 63 million people earn less than $20 a month; devaluation of the peso has brought on 30 per cent inflation and "effectively halved the incomes of those fortunate enough to hold jobs," according to The El Paso Times...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Invisible Borders, Visible Problems | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...periods of turning out nothing but trash, he should think about cutting back output, or staying away from meaty issues. Hamill must have written Flesh and Blood to be devoured and easily digested. His die-hard New York fans will no doubt eat up the sex and violence, in spite of the nutritional void

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Sugar and Spice and All That Is Vice: That's What Robbins Heroes Are Made Of the Ringside | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...Death," dressed in a long black robe, drops in every now and then to disrupt the circus-like goings on.) It is a hard show to like for its own sake. But the current Mather House production succeeds in making Stop the World both enjoyable and ultimately moving, in spite of itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Worth Staying On For... | 11/9/1977 | See Source »

...have momentum in spite of the loss. Now we just have added incentive to explode in the tournament," Wood claimed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Stickwomen Whitewashed 2-0; Will Host Tournament This Weekend | 11/8/1977 | See Source »

...world addicted to pretentious sham, Billy Carter enjoys and insists on just being himself, in spite of the massive handicap of a genetic coincidence. Obviously being born once was enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 7, 1977 | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

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