Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...P.R.I.'s premature claims to victory. The different parties agreed that we could not provide figures until the ((Federal Electoral)) Commission provided them. Nevertheless, ((the P.R.I.)) had a very sophisticated system of information connected to all districts. I wouldn't have claimed victory without ((that)) information...
...Nevertheless, Dukakis' support for a stronger conventional defense seems more intellectual -- and politically calculated -- than visceral. He does not seem as passionate about it as, say, his denunciations of the contras. One reason his support for a conventional buildup seems to lack conviction is that it runs smack into his penchant for holding down costs. The dirty little secret about nuclear weapons is that they are a cheap way to counter Soviet advantages in geography and numerical strength...
...with the Soviet Union." He is not starry-eyed about the promise of perestroika; change in the Soviet system, he says, is likely to be "evolutionary, not revolutionary." Dukakis believes that the U.S. should encourage Gorbachev's reforms because they involve shifting Soviet investment from military to domestic needs. Nevertheless, he . endorses the concept, usually associated with hard-liners, known as linkage: improved trade and technology transfers should be tied to Soviet progress on emigration and human rights issues...
Granted, the pitching staff has fallen on tough times with the injuries to Bruce Hurst and Jeff Sellars. Nevertheless, Roger Clemens remains the best pitcher in the game, period. Lee Smith and Wes Gardner have provided some order to the chaos that last year reigned in the Red Sox bullpen. Hurst was off to a great start until lately, when he's been affected by some sort of viral infection. Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd and Sellars don't have the records that Clemens and Hurst do, but they have been victimized several times this year by a lackluster offense...
...Nevertheless, he waited for a job that wouldallow him "to gain a perspective on politics for awhile" and "keep in touch with my colleagues andthe issues of the day. For Thornburgh, the IOPposition was the perfect job. He even turned downan offer by President Reagan to become FBIDirector because "it was a 10-year commitment Iwasn't ready to make...