Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nevertheless, the British took the Nazis' open attack on their morale with war-tempered resignation. One daytime robot rumbled over a cricket pitch, trailing a 30-ft. lash of flame, and exploded in a nearby field. The game went on. A milkman told a customer that one of the things had hit near his place the night before, then added: "Blew a hole in a field. That won't do much good, will...
Richard Strauss, generally rated the greatest living composer, a consistent opponent of the Nazis, who nevertheless in 1940 composed and dedicated to the Mikado a piece in honor of the 2,600th anniversary of the Japanese Imperial dynasty...
Along with good liquor and beautiful women, fair Boston is sadly lacking a supply of hot music. Nevertheless, if you haven't heard, the boys at Nick's kick the gong around or cried in your beer listening to Billie for a long, long time, and are on the verge of either turning square or going over the hill to New York, you will be able to get some amount of kicks out of one or two of the local jump bands. The best of a poor lot of these bands is probably Sabby Lewis, who once in a while...
Turkey. "I thought it right to speak bluntly today," he said. Bluntly he spoke: Turkey, wishing the Allies well, had nevertheless misjudged the Allies' chances and refused to come in against Germany. "We have, therefore, with great regret, discontinued the process of arming Turkey because it looks probable that the Allies will be able to win the war in the Balkans and generally throughout Southeast Europe without Turkey being involved at all." By ending all shipments of chrome (for alloys) to Germany, Turkey had given valued help, for which her "honored President Inönü" was due thanks...
Eddie Cantor's ping-pong eyes and small potato voice have abetted many a vulgar nudge and giggle, but nobody ever thought of suppressing him as a menace to public morals. Nevertheless, last week that is just what happened to him. NBC cut Eddie Cantor off the air, in the middle of his act. In Manhattan he and Singer Nora Martin were telecasting an old tune, We're Having a Baby, My Baby and Me, which Cantor sang in the 1941-42 Broadway musical, Banjo Eyes. NBC found some of the lyrics and some of the comedian...