Word: spitefully
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...years of futility this organization has endured, Sox fans can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. Otherwise, these booming prices would not be tolerated, which is more than can be said for the brainless puckheads in this town who follow the Bruins in spite of that team's tightwad of an owner...
...spite of the recent death of Fair Labor Association (FLA) chair Charles A. Ruff and in the face of mounting pressure from campus labor groups, Harvard has no intention of quitting the FLA, attorneys said yesterday...
...spite of his poor shooting performance, Clemente did become only the 25th Harvard player to score one thousand points in his career with a first half...
...country is held together by will as well. On TV, the handlers of the two candidates continue to warn against fistfights in the halls, but they are the only ones likely to throw a punch. The rest of us--perhaps because the election is so close, and not in spite of that--are imperfectly content to see whoever emerges emerge. America has one great ghost in the attic, who whispers the name America in the middle of the night, to remind us that--evidence of individual competitiveness and self-interest to the contrary notwithstanding--somewhere in the unconscious heart...
...condition of accelerated puberty in girls is more of a hypothesis than a widely observed phenomenon--in spite of anecdotal reports. Your article seemed to emphasize the vague possibility that a host of chemicals, those found in the environment or in foods, could initiate early puberty. But the only scientifically documented cause is the increase in childhood obesity, and the demonstrated involvement of fat cell-derived leptin in initiating pubertal events. Next time, I hope you will do your readers a favor by presenting such stories in a more realistic context, rather than alarming them on the basis of weak...