Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There is still no sign that Franklin Roosevelt's great confidence has begun to crumble. Nevertheless there were ample signs last week that he felt the necessity of reconsidering his position in preparation for the November election. When he delivered his budget message only six weeks ago, it breathed assurance that his financial policies would be sound political ground on which to stand for reelection. He said: "Our policy is succeeding. The figures prove it." The figures he produced indicated a net deficit for fiscal 1937 of only $518,000,000, exclusive of work-relief expenditures. They promised rising...
Seldom does a U. S. President invite a serious political rival to the White House. Nevertheless, three days after Candidate Borah's announcement, Franklin Roosevelt had the Senator in to share his lunch on the Presidential desk. On arrival, Mr. Borah gladly posed for photographers with his hand upon the White House door knob. On departure, he was asked whether he had discussed the campaign with the President...
...tradition that refuses a man the privilege of knowing wherein he has erred on an examination--or wherein he has excelled, has no excuse for continuance. Granted that the ramifications of grading systems would require tedious explanations to disgruntled students. This is unfortunate. Nevertheless, a ruthless examination of the foundations of this ancient refusal will reveal that its roots lie deeply imbedded in laziness. The very fact that all bluebooks are not forever lost to undergraduate gaze once the ink has dried is evidence enough that common sense and an understanding of a defensible curiosity in the student has supplanted...
...Harvard is not interested in aesthetic young men who revel in the intellectual atmosphere that pervades these cloistered walls, sipping their tea and sweet cocktails while drawing salaries to be of service to slightly younger men, who, perhaps, don't like sweet cocktails nor even intellectual atmosphere, but who, nevertheless, pay their tuition for assistance in educating themselves...
...singular picture, in that it not only shows thinking on the part of the producers, but also demands thinking from the naturally lethargic audience. There is none of that luxurious relaxation, which has been a large factor in making the cinema the beloved institution that it is. Nevertheless, the audience seems to like the thorough intellectual drubbing it receives, and everyone comes out engrossed in subtle psychological speculation...