Word: spitefully
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...some editor searching for a hook to brandish in publisher's blurbs. Though sometimes obscured by the fluff, Alitto's tale of one man does emerge in the end. It is a tale worth telling, and as Alitto illuminates how Liang faced universal problems, he does, almost in spite of himself, uncover the universal import of the life of Liang Shu-ming...
Khomeini asked defeated candidates to be good losers and to refrain from making wild accusations. Said he: "It is anti-Islamic to accuse a contender of dishonesty and treachery out of sheer spite." What Khomeini fears, confided a member of the clerical establishment, is that the Assembly will prove to be as destructively divided as the country has been for the past year. Says a Western diplomat: "The Assembly can be a real bedlam. A lot will depend on how Banisadr handles it." Banisadr's authority may actually increase under the new system because he will have a Cabinet...
...spite of the President's and Congress's pledges to cut spending and balance next year's budget, the murky world of finance held the spotlight because the most immediate effects of the Carter program would be felt by banks and other savings institutions. The President's decision to use the Federal Reserve to slow the growth of credit would pinch every sector of the economy from department-store dishware to heavy-industry assembly lines. Some bankers even feared that a credit crunch, when almost no loan money would be available, could hit by summer. That...
...Zimbabwe election has hardened Botha's stance on Namibia (South West Africa). South Africa continues to govern the territory in spite of repeated United Nations demands for self-determination. Mugabe's victory has left white-ruled South Africa more isolated than ever behind a ring of less-than-friendly black states; consequently, there now seems to be little chance that the Pretoria government will agree to internationally supervised elections in Namibia. Instead, South Africa-backed parties in the huge territory may be tempted to go ahead with their own version of unilateral independence. If that happens Namibia might...
...overall, in spite of the isolation and pain of his illness, Tony seems quite content with that standard, with his life at Carville...