Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nevertheless, Congress was on edge to get demobilization going even faster. The public had put the heat on Congressmen, and they passed it on to the War and Navy Departments. Suddenly the Senate Military Affairs Committee decided to haul in War Department officials for questioning. When Under Secretary Robert Patterson pointed out that the rate of discharges had already passed 10,000 a day, a Senator replied, "We are getting 10,000 letters...
...Nevertheless, testified General Marshall, Hawaii was the best-equipped base the U.S. had. Said he: "As to Hawaii . . . it had the maximum of materiel that we possessed. ... As to Panama: if the Hawaiian state of preparation in men and materiel was 100, Panama was about 25% and the Philippines about 10% and Alaska and the Aleutians completely negligible...
...Russell, 55, who began his Army career as a captain in the Georgia National Guard, commanded a regiment, then a brigade in World War I. One of the many National Guard division commanders swept out of their jobs when the country was mobilized for World War II, Russell nevertheless stayed with the Army as a member of the Manpower Board...
...Nevertheless, Dunbar quickly satisfied the music critics who counted: the orchestra members. Said the first flutist, after Dunbar had led the men through Afro-American: "Now at last I understand your American jazz." Dunbar further won the orchestra's friendship by bringing from Paris a contrabassoon (the orchestra had lost all theirs in air raids...
...Nevertheless, the riproaring boom may not develop. Most of the prospective builders are already worried about high prices next year. So, said the FORUM: if prices rise steeply, nearly half the immediate market for low-cost houses will be sharply cut. Said the FORUM: the market can reach its maximum potential only if the building industry can keep costs low enough to provide plenty of low cost houses...