Word: spites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prosecution responds that Roe V. Wade is irrelevant here because the operation was not an abortion by definition, in spite of the intention of either the patient or Edelin. Instead, Flanagan contends, this hysterotomy operation resulted in the delivery of a live male child that was subsequently killed. He says that legal "birth" occurred in the course of that operation when Edelin separated the placenta of the fetus from the uterine wall; that after that point, the fetus was detached from the mother and living under its own systems for a period of time. In Flanagan's definition of birth...
...main files came from TIME'S Hong Kong bureau. In spite of the thaw in U.S.-China relations and the bureau's proximity to the mainland, a mere 18 miles as the wu-ya (crow) flies, our correspondents in the crown colony must piece together news from travelers, diplomats, refugees, provincial Chinese newspapers and radio broadcasts. Their task is made easier because all three have had first-hand experience on the mainland. Bureau Chief Roy Rowan, who chatted with Chou En-lai in Peking in 1973, began on-the-scene reporting of the Chinese civil war for LIFE...
...time for The Crimson sports reporters to realize that many women have made a serious committment to athletics here, in spite of the handicaps they face. In the future we hope The Crimson will recognize the efforts of all athletes and demonstrate a more informed attitude in its reporting. Diana Finch and Carlene Rhodes Co-captains, Radcliffe Field Hockey
...spite of these disclaimers, the Soviet decision to scuttle its trade accord with the U.S. constituted a major reversal of Kremlin policy. Determined to modernize their economy, the Russians -who will launch a vast, multibillion-dollar 15-year plan in 1976-want massive foreign investment, industrial know-how and sophisticated technology from the U.S. Although such aid has long been available from Japan and Western Europe, the Soviets calculated that only the U.S. could provide the technology for such grandiose enterprises as the $5 billion truck-manufacturing complex on the Kama River. In light of this hunger for credits, Moscow...
Still, as a State Department expert put it, "SALT has survived the Cambodian invasion, the mining of Haiphong and the Middle East war." In spite of this week's serious setback, the Soviet cancellation of the trade agreement may well prove to be a tactical but not a strategic retreat from detente...