Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Information spokesman, Ivan Boldizar, insisted that free speech and fair play had been guaranteed, even to the misguided opposition. Foreign newsmen estimated that 1,200,000 voters had been disfranchised, including several aged Jewish women who had escaped from the Nazis' crematory camp at Auschwitz, and who nevertheless were accused of "Fascist taint." Some of the disfranchised had lost their votes after the deadline for appeal. Spokesman Boldizar was asked if he thought this was fair play. "Well," he said, "no election laws are perfect...
...operators are still fighting the law. Nevertheless, Oklahoma last week confidently appointed an ex-Texas Co. executive named H. N. Pardee to supervise the West Edmond cooperative, instructed him to put unitization into effect by Oct. 1. As a unit, the field will be worked by Sohio Petroleum Co., one of the largest of the present operators. By shutting down all the wells that have a high gas ratio compared to oil, Pardee hopes to boost the field's production from a present daily average of 40,000 bbls. to 50,000 bbls. "The time will come," he said...
Ninety-six percent of Americans believe in God and 76% in life after death. Only 4% are convinced that they are unhappy; 57% think they are fairly happy; 38% consider themselves very happy, and 1% can't tell. Nevertheless, one in three knocks on wood for luck, one in ten believes in throwing spilled salt over his shoulder and one in five shudders when a black cat crosses his path...
...Gude Sir Patrick Spens" in the old Scottish ballad was "the best when sailor that ever sail'd the sea." Nevertheless, when the King assigned him to command a bad-weather cruise to Norway, gude Sir Patrick asked a question his namesake may have cause to repeat: "O wha is this has done this deed and tauld the king...
...Science and Industry. After two weeks on the market, Tucker's $20,000,000 stock issue was about 80% subscribed. Designer Tucker, en route to Italy to negotiate a manufacturing tie-in with Isotta-Fraschini, said production would not get under way until January at the earliest. Nevertheless, fascinated by such features as the Cyclops headlight and the luggage compartment in the front, close to 3,000 spectators offered to place orders (tentative price...