Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...help feeling sorry for the high-school senior who has maintained a straight A average for four years and has scored consistently in the mid-to-upper 700s on the College Board exams-and who is rejected at the school of his choice simply because he is not "different." Nevertheless, the striving of this nation's colleges for diversity and individuality among its student body is indeed commendable. Even here at Yale, where undergraduate education is perhaps the best in the country, I often find myself thinking that I learn more from one of the communal nightly "bull sessions...
...Nevertheless, some form of recognition of the N.L.F. will have to be granted if the talks are to succeed. One possible formula: the "Greek solution," under which the Communists?as in Greece after the end of its civil war in 1949?would be allowed to operate as a legal party, after laying down their arms and renouncing terrorism, but would initially be denied Cabinet-level representation...
...took Australia's Rod Laver, 29, currently the world's No. 1 professional, to repair the damage. In the semifinals, Laver beat Cox easily 6-4, 6-1, 6-0. Nevertheless, Giant Killer Cox had served fair warning: tennis' pros had better tend to business if they want to stay on top of the game...
...Fiasco. The decision naturally infuriated South Africans, who had only been restored to Olympic grace last February-after a four-year suspension-by finally agreeing to field a fully integrated team. Athletes would be chosen without regard to color, would live and train together in Mexico City. Nevertheless, such was the outcry over the reinstatement that Mexican officials feared their games would turn into an $84 million fiasco if South Africa were permitted to compete...
While we appreciate the need for maintaining many of the services mentioned in your letter--"the operation of Hilles Library, the Deans' Office, the protection of the Harvard University Police ... extracurricular facilities in Agassiz and the Gymnasium ..."--we nevertheless fear that any contributions to such services would serve only to free funds for use on Radcliffe's new dormitory system. We do not mean, however, to preclude the renovation of existing dormitories...