Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stopgap legislation raised profound moral questions. Thoughtful citizens, well aware of the crisis, and generally applauding the President, would nevertheless wonder afterwards about the ethics of such atomic legislation...
...Canadian customs refused to let Spud take more than $50 out of the country. Nevertheless, he checked in at Manhattan's Park Central, toured hot spots (see cut) in search of a wife. He knew what he wanted: "She must not be too hefty, must be a genuine homemaker...
...nation's best schoolteacher? How can anyone possibly tell? Nevertheless, a sensible, good-natured rural New Jersey schoolmarm was so designated last week. She found the idea "rather silly...
Lustig's counsel, Lloyd Paul Stryker, admitted to the jury that his client had been "delinquent." Nevertheless, he had a defense: Lustig, said he, had voluntarily confessed his delinquency, had paid the Treasury $1,800,000 as a compromise settlement. In return he had been promised immunity from criminal prosecution. But, said Stryker, "high Government officials cheated and deceived Henry Lustig!" What officials? Why, "the boss" was Henry Morgenthau Jr., Treasury Secretary when the Lustig investigation began. Before the trial ends, some weeks hence, Stryker promised to call Morgenthau as a witness...
...civilian goods in August 1943, through department stores and other selected outlets. This proved highly profitable. Furthermore, Textron, a new producer, got a better break on price ceilings than oldline textile companies. The $5 million worth of consumer products made in 1944 were increased last year to $16 million. Nevertheless, Textron's 1945 balance sheet showed a deficit ($147,000), in spite of individual profits by subsidiaries which it acquired. Reason: earnings went partly to former owners; Textron needed time to finish processing their products and put them on the market...