Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Freeze. But Henry Wallace spoke. He arrived with fanfare in California and spoke there on behalf of senatorial candidate Will Rogers Jr. (see below), who nevertheless kept the ousted Secretary of Commerce at arm's length. And even Wallace's words were strained through a screen: "It seems to me very definitely that our foreign policy has changed for the better." And his call to arms was not of a kind to arouse much ardor: "I know there are places where the Democratic candidates are not the ones to be proud of. I ask you to consider what...
...Dynamos seemed pretty sure to win. Nevertheless, hours before game time, streams of Muscovites poured toward the stadium. Hundreds of small boys swarmed over or through the high iron fence, as mounted police tried to round them up and chase them out. Throngs funneling through the stadium ramps were so dense that the gate control collapsed. Some people waved tickets. Others just waded in, until 100,000 jammed the stadium, which seats 75,000. They ignored the steady drizzle which iced the rails and benches. When the local boys, the underdog Spartaks, came from behind...
Gradual reduction of the causes behind these fears, then, is the United Nations prime job. world disarmament, for example, even with inspection safeguards, is no ultimate end in itself, for recent history has shown that nations can change their minds or break their word. But weapons reduction is good, nevertheless for nationalist fears and doubts are chiseled down, and something closer to an ultimate end--a world police force to replace all national armies--is brought a niche nearer in history. Similarly, any agreements on economic, political, and social levels accomplished by hard work lessons the need to fall back...
...items offered this year will incorporate the best engineering, mathematical, and psychological talent that toymakers could muster. Nevertheless, many of the new toys will be a gamble. Reason: children often show complete lack of interest in what toymakers and psychologists think they will like. Example: a new teething toy was carefully designed so that 1) its lollypop colors were most attractive, 2) it could be gripped in five different places, 3) it was scientifically measured to fit a baby's hand. So far U.S. babies have shown that they can take it or leave it alone...
...nine Soviet astronomers now visiting the University observatory were included in the mailing list of invitations. An official of the conference noted that the Russians expressed their appreciation but nevertheless declined. Relations with Russia as pertaining to the atomic energy question, however, were still discussed...