Word: although
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Nixon's suggestions for restoring the relationship fell on deaf ears. Deng was unyielding during his three hours of talks with Nixon. China, he contended, had not done "one thing harmful" to the U.S. "But the U.S. was involved too deeply in the turmoil and counterrevolutionary rebellion," he lectured. Although Deng expressed a strong desire to repair the damaged ties, he insisted "it is up to the U.S. to take the initiative...
Lovelock was not the first to argue that earth functions like a giant organism; Scottish geologist James Hutton made the same point in 1785. But Lovelock's formulation is compelling because science now has the tools to explore some of the vast interactions that govern global systems. Although Lovelock first articulated his hypothesis in the early 1970s, in collaboration with microbiologist Lynn Margulis, it has only recently begun to have significant impact on the scientific world. Initially, Gaia was only embraced by New Age types who responded to a holistic view of nature that blurred the distinction between life...
...American, British and Soviet leaders met at Yalta at a time when the Red Army had liberated most of Eastern Europe from Hitler's troops and were poised to take Berlin. Although the ailing Roosevelt knew that the U.S. could soon assault Japan with the first atom bomb, his top military advisers doubted that its use would be immediately decisive. An American priority at Yalta was to ensure Japan's quick defeat by persuading Stalin to join the Far East conflict once Germany surrendered...
...Although incumbent Thomas W. Danehy is less than 100 votes behind LaRosa, several council observers said yesterday that Danehy, an 11-term councillor, has little chance of retaining his seat...
...reason for that decision is Harvard's offensive firepower. Although the Crimson lost two of the best forwards in the nation in MacDonald and Bourbeau, it still has the strongest returning offense in the ECAC...