Word: although
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...final chapter of the game was similar to the second, but with a little less physical play, although the teams racked up another nine penalties in the third period alone...
...although the justices have varying beliefs and political stances, Breyer insisted that the process was very cordial and professional...
...Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch on Sunday easily pushed through the hardest part of his recent batch of reform proposals: keeping IOC members from making financially tempting visits to cities looking to host the games. Many reluctant members grumbled that such a ban implied they couldn't be trusted, although one might think that the haul that several of their former colleagues extorted out of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee - which included silver, scholarships for their kids, guns, cowboy hats, skis and, reportedly, even call girls - would have done a good job of that already. In the end, Samaranch...
...Patsy and Bobby, as the show's leading players, carry Crazy for You nearly entirely on their shoulders, and do a superb job. In her solos "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "But Not For Me," Carella is has ample opportunity to show off her stunning voice; and although she and Romero are both remarkably talented singers, their dancing is also superb, particularly in "Shall We Dance?" Romero develops Bobby's character to the fullest, in a touching, charming manner, while Carella seems almost born to play the role of Patsy, the sweet-girl-next-door who steals Bobby...
...carrying out the death sentence a Turkish court handed down to Ocalan on multiple murder charges - the death penalty itself is in violation of E.U. human rights standards. Actual membership, then, may still be years away, but in the end it could prove to be a win-win proposition. "Although Europe is concerned about being flooded with cheap labor from Turkey, E.U. membership will dramatically raise living standards in Turkey," says Dowell. "And Turkey's strong civil society and dynamic economy in many ways makes it a more attractive candidate than many of the Eastern European countries also under consideration...