Word: spites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beauty and warmth of these days, political party lines blur and traditional enemies come together. This has always been a time of rediscovery, of realizing that America has survived yet another year in spite of the Government and the "rascals" who happen to run it right...
...pole by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen, had good reason to complain. Temperatures regularly drop to -100º F. during the polar winter. Sudden storms bring gale-force winds, and visibility frequently drops to zero during a "whiteout," making it impossible to see perilous crevasses ahead. Yet in spite of its hostile environment, Antarctica is becoming the object of increasing worldwide interest. Its shrimplike krill and millions of seals make it a veritable storehouse of protein for the world's growing population. Also, scientists are finding more and more evidence that there may be great mineral wealth under...
...came up now and then, but this slid by almost unnoticed because of the unusual coincidence of the two countries' other interests around the globe. Some of the Americans were startled at how closely Mao's idea of the state of the world fitted with theirs. In spite of that, they came away wondering if America might have remained the target of Mao's wrath, as it was for so many years, had there been no falling out with the Soviet Union...
...greater decency and good sense slumbering in the breasts of most of the students I have met or worked with during my brief stay. Many students are already mature human beings engaged in useful thought and action, but, to the extent that they are, they are doing so in spite of the current Harvard trend toward sloth, trendiness, pandering to the worst in student demands, and general collapse of will and sense of purpose among many of the people who run the University...
While Harvard is still molding promising undergraduate material into men and women of whom we can all be proud, it is doing so in spite of the general drift toward lower standards and the politically and socially motivated tampering of recent years. Thanks are due to the many students--liberal, conservative, white or black--who still come here to learn and to develop their minds, and to those members of the faculty, at all levels, who still take their teaching roles seriously. My hat is off to both groups; they are the ones who keep Harvard a great institution...