Word: nevertheless
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...from pocketing money given to him by contra leader Adolfo Calero that was intended to help obtain release of American hostages in Lebanon to obstructing a presidential inquiry and lying to congressional committees, offenses for which he could be imprisoned for 60 years and fined $3 million. His lawyers nevertheless boasted that they had crippled the prosecution. Crowed North's chief counsel, Brendan Sullivan Jr.: "The heart of its case is destroyed." He hinted that North would continue to use the tactics that had forced dismissal of the theft and conspiracy counts, declaring that Walsh "refuses to recognize that classified...
Like all those that preceded it, the final budget that President Reagan will unveil this week asks Congress for more spending than revenue. Reagan will nevertheless hail it as a blow against government profligacy, and in the looking-glass world of federal budgetmaking, he will have a point...
Though Hatch and Weber said they were satisfied, militant pro-lifers remain opposed to the nomination. Nevertheless, it came on Thursday, when Bush announced Sullivan's appointment, along with that of New Mexico Congressman Manuel Lujan as Secretary of the Interior; Samuel K. Skinner, a former U.S. Attorney from Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation; and former Congressman Ed Derwinski of Illinois to head the new Department of Veterans Affairs. Two days later, Bush added a woman to his Cabinet when he named Elizabeth Dole, who was Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan and is the wife of Senate Minority...
...gift may nevertheless be refused. Government acceptance will need special congressional approval, thanks to a law written by Shultz's tenacious Senate adversary Jesse Helms. The conservative North Carolina Republican argues that providing living quarters for the Secretary of State would be unfair to other Cabinet members, all of whom have to find their own accommodations in the capital. Last year Helms won passage for a measure that specifically bans the Secretary from soliciting or receiving property for an official residence...
...reports circulated that Tower had been a paid consultant for several weapons makers and had a reputation for drinking, the drawn-out negotiations became embarrassing. "This thing is beginning to stink," admitted a Bush aide. Nearly all the signals indicated that Bush would eventually stand by his fellow Texan. Nevertheless, the hesitation revealed how uneasy the President-elect, his aides and most of official Washington have come to feel about Tower...