Word: nevertheless
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...over the content and communication of certain categories of information. In each area the report treats a representative sampling of relevant policies and their implementation as illustrations of the trend under review; it does not purport to cover the entire field, nor to analyze all aspects of each policy. Nevertheless, several tentative conclusions seem warranted...
...Nevertheless, Mrs. Reagan forged ahead with a full schedule over the past two weeks, including a state dinner for Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte. When the White House announced on Friday that the First Lady would be entering Bethesda for a biopsy, she was in New Hampshire, urging a conference of foster grandparents to get involved in the fight against teenage drug abuse. The First Lady declined to make any comment on her pending test. Said Conference Participant Shireen Tilly, executive director of the Friends Program: "She put on a brave front and a warm, gracious...
...Nevertheless, Steinbrenner's poor timing should not obscure the driving force behind his ownership: the principal owner has consistently pursued tabloid headlines over winning strategies. Sure, winning is a fine means of getting in the papers. But there are many more reliable ways, such as punching an obnoxious fan, firing Billy Martin, releasing long and asinine letters to the press, rehiring Billy Martin, calling Dave Winfield "Mr. May," firing Billy Martin again, demoting established major leaguers to the minor leagues; and, finally, rehiring Billy Martin. Again...
...office; liberty for all political prisoners. These demands go well beyond conditions the U.S. has tried to press on any other nation. Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon observed that Reagan's requirement "isn't a standard we apply to Albania or China" -- nations with which the U.S. nevertheless does business. Says Wayne Smith, a former U.S. diplomat and sharp critic of the Administration: "The Sandinistas are Reagan's MobyDick, and he is their Captain Ahab...
...scene of the dancers eating pasta in the Italian countryside as well a sequence in which Tony dances alone bathed in five o'clock sunlight. Why, however, such flawless cinematography was not employed during the 20-minute-long sequence of the actual staged ballet remains a mystery. Nevertheless, the audience is thankful for the respite from cliched and silly dialogue that this 20 minutes provides...