Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nevertheless the momentum of war was so inexorably against them that their plight was worse than ever. The air offensive against the Reich was stepping up to new levels of destruction; the Luftwaffe could challenge only at intervals, and every time it did, it got its ears pinned back. On one flaming day of battle last week the German air force lost 208 planes...
...them there to prevent their use on other fronts. Unfortunately, the Allies have never had enough troops to complete the job ("at no time in the Italian campaign have the Allies had any but slight superiority in numbers") and the Germans have been clever at getting out of traps. Nevertheless the Germans have lost almost 200,000 men in casualties, now have 28 divisions engaged...
...chuckles, nevertheless, are there. Mrs. Apley asserts that "Boston men are emotionally dependable they're trained that way," and many a bald pate flushes. "Boston's not a city--it's an environment," says George, and someone from the Chamber of Commerce lets out a grunt of approval...
...plane reservation in one hand and a handful of snow in the other--there's the prospect that certain ones thirsty for sunkissed regions west may take an eastern holiday nevertheless. But take hope. For it was Mark Twain who said if you don't like Boston weather, just wait a minute, brother, and it'll change...
...Nevertheless, the memorandum was a bombshell. The U.S. State Department dove nimbly into its foxhole, disclaiming formal knowledge of the Argentine request. This was formally true, for Ambassador Mora was consulting his Government before delivering the memorandum...