Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Today he lives in London. "It is not a question of systems," he explains. "It is a question of family. I am still a Soviet citizen and I love my country, but my wife [an Icelandic pianist whom he had met in Moscow] prefers to live in England." Nevertheless, Ashkenazy has not been back to Russia since 1963. His parents have not seen their oldest grandchild, Vladimir Jr., 41, in three years; they have never seen their infant granddaughter Nadya. Still, alone of all the Soviet artists who prefer the Western side of the Iron Curtain, Ashkenazy refuses to defect...
Voices of Disapproval. Students cheered the election promise but not Yerovi, whom they viewed as a symbol of the hated oligarchy. In Guayaquil, Cuenca and Loja, they stormed government buildings and held them for hours. Nevertheless, Yerovi went calmly ahead and took the oath of office as Ecuador's 57th president. "I have heard voices of disapproval for my presence here," he said in his inaugural address. "I would like them to know my point of view." With that Yerovi promised peace, austerity and economic stability. Meantime, students outside were chanting on: "People, yes! Yerovi...
...official day of celebration throughout the island. Shops were decked with flags, soldiers and schoolchildren marched through the streets, and exploding strings of firecrackers forced bystanders to clap hands to their ears. Nevertheless, there were overtones of concern in Formosa last week when the National Assembly went through the motions of electing Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to his fourth consecutive six-year term as President of Nationalist China...
...military regime coexist with an elected Parliament? Four months ago, when General Joseph Mobutu overthrew the Congo's perennially squabbling civilian government, he gave coexistence a try. Announcing that the nation would be under military rule for five years, Mobutu nevertheless allowed Parliament to stay open to approve his decrees and constitutional amendments...
Sandbags & Gravel. The U.S. Defense Department, which uses Okinawa as its major offshore supply depot for troops in Viet Nam, has an inventory there of $250 million in military hardware, but nevertheless it intends to spend another $13.8 million in Asia this year for supplies that would take too long to come all the way from Stateside. Factories in Japan and Korea in the meantime are turning out hundreds of thousands of combat boots with thick rubber soles and steel plates to protect soldiers from both jungle and booby trap. The Koreans are tailoring 750,000 uniforms for the Vietnamese...