Word: spites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More than 2 million Americans are burned seriously enough each year to need medical attention; some 70,000 require hospitalization, some 10,000 die. Yet in spite of the increasing incidence of fires and other accidents, the number of deaths from burns has remained surprisingly constant. More heartening, even victims of the most severe burns, like Charlie, Debbie and Bruce, not only survive but are being rehabilitated enough to resume normal lives...
...number and scope of courses, and the general outlook of the department. In her proposals for concentration requirements, Southern has indicated that she does not view these areas as integral in the Afro-American world-view; provisions for African and Third World studies have been retained only in spite of her opposition. The result of this has been an "Americo-centered" perspective on Black studies which ignores Black links between Africa, the Third World, and the Americas. This perspective falls easy prey to the misconception that Black history began on American shores in 1607 in the chains of slavery...
...times the interaction of the characters in Jonah becomes a little tedious, as their exchange of philosophies and dreams forms much of the film's movement, and film is probably not the best medium for philosophical debates. But you have to hear them out in spite of that--writer-director Alain Tanner presents each of the characters as a kind of minor prophet, and you have to respect their ideas. Like his characters, Tanner seems to have rejected the bourgeois world--the eight of them are brought together as they fight against a bank's corrupt land-speculations. Like...
Thus Jimmy Carter was a politician with special ways about him before he woke up to Christ. That came late in life, in the dark of defeat, in spite of all his energy and competence, which lay like ashes in his mouth. There is no evidence that his religion has warped his politics. More likely, from the history of it, Carter's rise out of his spiritual slough made him a better democrat: he let go of pride, discovered the resource of prayer, knew the thrill of God's presence in his fumbling first tries at simple charity...
...long the government of Socialist Premier Mario Scares could stay in office. Last week, though, the Socialists-like Mark Twain-could claim that reports of their demise had been greatly exaggerated. In crucial balloting for 45,000 local officials and mayoralties, the Socialists confounded their political opponents and, in spite of a divisive intraparty fight, won what amounted to a qualified vote of confidence for Scares...