Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...NASA backers are convinced that the race for the moon will continue. Said California Democrat George Miller, chairman of the House Science and Astronautics Committee: "This is a tragedy; nevertheless, it is one of the hazards that take place. Remember, every new aircraft has cost lives of test pilots, and the pilots know it. I am certain that if Grissom, White and Chaffee could come back, they would be the first to urge that the program...
...certain that the cause of the fire is not a congenital weakness in the ship. Beyond that, it will take months to get the new capsule thoroughly tested and in position atop her Saturn 1-B. The earliest possible date that Apollo 204 could be rescheduled is late summer. Nevertheless, though the entire moonshot schedule will lag far behind expectations, there is no possibility that it will be canceled...
...sheikdom, whose fabled oil brings it some $750,000,000 in annual royalties, held the second parliamentary election in its history. Everyone knew that Kuwait was ruled by Sheik Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 51, who became the Amir when his brother died a little over a year ago. Nevertheless, there was plenty of politicking for seats in the 50-member Parliament, which has little real power but confers upon those who sit in it great prestige and, it is widely suspected, considerable wealth. One reason for the prestige was that most of the 468,000 persons who live...
...Nevertheless, I am glad to have the chance to address myself to the four specific questions about which you and others felt doubt or concern...
...burgeoning military expenditures, the President said last week: "I don't think we can reduce the Teacher Corps. I don't think that we can postpone the Head Start projects. I don't think that we can postpone what we are doing in the cities." Nevertheless, non-defense programs are in for what an Administration aide calls a "tough year." Said he: "We will move ahead on the major social programs, but it will mean firm, steady steps ahead-no wild expansion." Health, education and welfare activities are ticketed for an additional $1 billion, including $135 million...