Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nevertheless, top U.S. officers are talking increasingly of going back on the offensive. In Saigon, says one general, an attack on the encircling Communists "is imminent" because "the enemy just can't be left to hold even a rapier-sized sword near the city." In the North, another U.S. commander declared that the concentration of some 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong has given the U.S. "silver-platter" opportunities to bring its firepower to bear in conventional battles...
...back because security cannot be guaranteed them. One area abandoned: the coastal strip just north of Qui Nhon. "The '68 pacification program has been set back," admits Major General William R. Peers, acting commander of Field Force I, "and we'll have to take another look." Nevertheless, as another U.S. official put it: "My heart went up into my throat when the Tet offensive came. But now it appears that we did not get hurt as badly as we first thought...
...orchestra, both hornists and bassoonists had a bad night; the strings had trouble with the intricate rhythms and high harmonics; and concertmistress Marilyn Malpass muffed her solo badly. Nevertheless, ensemble was generally excellent in the wind and (hired) percussion sections and the total effect of the performance was one of strength and passion. In the piano, every note was in its proper place and had been carefully thought out. But the music was not there: the romantic element was missing...
...times the music offers too much development of too little substance, but it is nevertheless an impressive display of the composer's craft as well as his capacity for communication. Against this, the absence of startling innovation seems less important. After all, well-knit music that does not sound like hell deserves a hearing...
...illustrate this principle at work, inspiring others to launch their own struggles. When Dean Rusk reads Chinese documents expressing these views he is confirmed in his resolve never to give up the fight in Vietnam. Ironically, he seems to believe in the infallibility of Communist wisdom on this point. Nevertheless, both the Chinese and the American analyses are wrong...