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Word: spites (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...find much religious television programming, such as the Billy Graham Crusades and Oral Roberts, to be patently offensive. In spite of this, I do not demand that religious programs be banned from TV. I am not arrogant enough to proclaim that I know what all Americans should and should not be allowed to watch. Why then should religious groups be allowed to dictate my viewing choices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 17, 1977 | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

...sense on the other). Following my decision I became very antagonistic toward anything having to do with clubs and the elitism they represented. (I still have several friends who for one reason or another joined a club, but I like them not just apart from the clubbiness, but in spite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Clubs as Conditioners | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

...British Socialist Party -has written a vivid summary of London's early years. But he worries continually about whether his man was a good Marxist or not. Meaning: Is Martin Eden a crude but effective indictment of the bourgeoisie, or just a disguised autobiography whose motive was spite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Redskin in the Parlor | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...spite of these appeals, the Harvard Corporation continues to invest in companies doing business in South Africa. And unless members of this community protest the Corporation's investment decisions, it will listen, as so often before, to the call of profits rather than conscience...

Author: By Neva L. Seidman, | Title: Harvard's Share in Apartheid | 9/27/1977 | See Source »

...play, in which neither the passion of the revolution, of the marquis or of the inmates seems to know any bounds, is particularly suited to the Mainstage. When it opens there on November 2 with a cast of more than 40, its powerful "total theater" atmosphere might, in spite of the Marquis' conviction, have a dangerously revolutionary effect...

Author: By Diane Sherlock, | Title: Mistakes to Enjoy | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

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