Word: spites
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...many Americans view people who are different from themselves and who don't participate in single-minded consumerism. It was interesting to read about some of the issues the Amish are dealing with. I hope your article helps people see that the Amish face very real human issues in spite of living in relative insularity. I respect the Amish for being able to maintain their heritage...
...weird, unproductive recluse resembles that of Axl Rose. He suddenly seems to find his muse in Lily, a young Hispanic-American woman whose side of the story bookends each chapter cycle. Initially hired as Ray's personal assistant, Lily cautiously allows herself to be wooed by him in spite of such quirks as his carrying around a personal set of flatware to eat with...
...Beauty should always wear blue. Who didn’t long for Rapunzel’s long tresses? The moral of these memories: just one slipper, two kisses, three balls, and four brave princes later, these good females were rescued from bad fruit and several very wicked witches. In spite of the well-justified feminist disgust for these pathetic Disney damsels (has anyone really listened to Snow White’s pre-pubescent vocal tones?), I can’t help feeling nostalgic for a time when a man saved his woman. Before bad boy meant good catch, and before...
...cruel disabusing.”However incensed the armchair, I can’t imagine Hollinghurst ever trading it for the campaign stump. During our conversation and his Brattle Theater book discussion, the novelist avoids long eye contact and gives the impression of being folded shut in spite of his magnificent posture. The right angles of his silvering haircut and goatee intensify his wide, round eyes, rendering him by turn ingenuous, nervous, or boyishly elated. Externals aside, Hollinghurst suffers another setback: he refuses to keep track of his own credentials. He never re-reads his publications, and by now claims...
...express...differences of opinion, there’s no justification for harming our students’ education as a mode of expression,” Beckman said in a statement.He added that the UAW broke its promise not to interfere with academic decision-making.“In spite of this, NYU once again went further than any other private university, and made a proposal to the UAW in early August,” the statement said.However, union officials, who rejected the offer, said it put too much power in the hands of the university...