Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have not time to pray," intoned the leader of a typical choral group. The mass response rolled back like thunder: "God will nevertheless understand us, for whoever consecrates his life to his nation will be honored by a blessed stand next to the Lord...
...fifty two weeks expenses in a year. This problem is largely solved by sending in such fantastic bills that the student remembers with regret that the great universities were founded as a refuge and alma mater for penniless seekers of learning in the eighth century of our Lord. Nevertheless, the authorities still find themselves with an empty university on their hands, for a greater part of the year, notably the finest summer months from June until October...
...reviled and vilified Franklin Roosevelt more than Huey Pierce Long. Nevertheless when the President heard that his bitter enemy had been shot in Baton Rouge (see p. 15), he publicly declared: ''I deeply regret the attempt made upon the life of Senator Long of Louisiana. The spirit of violence is unAmerican...
...Harry Cohn, who runs the production end of the business, knows his studio as do few producers. Driving to work in the afternoon in one of his three Rolls-Royces, he stays at his desk until 2 or 3 next morning. A desk-pounding, finger-snapping executive, he has nevertheless learned the wisdom of giving a good director like Frank Capra his head...
...volume that for originality and vigor makes most contemporary biographies look frail. No hero worshipper. Author Bowen calls Sophie a vulgar wanton, a young slut, compares her with a gutter rat, declares that "her worthlessness and the squalor of her tale is duly recognized by the author." Nevertheless she manages to draw a convincing flesh & blood portrait of her subject. Although The Scandal of Sophie Dawes, for all its impressive documentation, emphatically does not solve the great mystery of Sophie's career, it does outline the problem in a manner calculated to provoke thoughtful speculation...