Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Vientiane, nevertheless, still retains some traces of its old insouciance. The antique shops along Rue Samsenthai, mostly owned by Vietnamese, are still open. One shopkeeper, fortunate enough to hold a French passport, said that she was preparing to leave Laos soon, since the government had announced plans to take over her store. The large central market seemed adequately stocked with fresh vegetables, soap, cigarettes, pots and pans, cotton cloth and even finely wrought silver works -all still being sold by private merchants. While virtually all women obey a government order to wear the traditional Lao skirt, called the sin, some...
...whipped out a top hat and cane and even mouthed a harmonica. After the finale and a flurry of roses at his feet, the star collapsed in his dressing room and sighed: "I could act Hamlet easier than this any day of the week. This is the pits." Nevertheless, if his one-man show continues to pack them in, Papp could learn to like it. Next pit stop? Jokes...
...great pronouncements or to work any great changes, the Pope's energy, humility and wit had helped invigorate a Church grown tired of internal bickering, and he charmed countless others outside the Catholic faith. That he should have died so soon after beginning his reign is a genuine tragedy. Nevertheless, the Church and its followers should take comfort in the fact that in only a month Pope John Paul had demonstrated that simplicity, openness and humility are still virtues that the world finds inspring...
...issue, and although he has repeatedly rejected all proposals for wage-price controls, there were indications that his advisers were definitely considering guidelines with some force in them. Both the Business Roundtable, a group of top executives, and AFL-CIO President George Meany denounced all plans for such guidelines. Nevertheless, Carter's group seemed to be leaning toward limits of 7% a year in wage increases and 6% in price boosts. Federal contractors might then be required to sign a pledge to abide by the guidelines if they want to continue to do business with the Federal Government...
...what you might call a very funny movie, if you can manage to disengage your refinement and prepare yourself to laugh at some incredibly sophomoric humor. This is the ultimate college frat movie, complete with sex jokes, beer jokes, dope jokes, preppies jokes, and just plain dumb jokes. Nevertheless, this story of a renegade frat at an uptight early-'60s college is a good way to spend three bucks and a couple of hours. And, you know, it even reminds me of Dartmouth...