Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nevertheless, Helms knew Moscow. "I studied the pictures and the reports that came across my desk," he said. He memorized the sad face of his principal adversary, longtime KGB Chief Yuri Andropov, who went on to run the Soviet Union before he died. Helms fought Andropov in the back alleys of the world with his agents, in the heavens with his U-2s and satellites. He won plenty, lost a few -- stories that will never be told. "The man who kept the secrets," Author Thomas Powers called Helms. He still keeps them...
...gives me little pleasure that one of the first acts I will undertake as an alumnus of this College is to compose a letter of complaint. Nevertheless, I feel very strongly that I must register my displeasure with the selection of the Commencement Speakers for my graduation...
...emerging from a Mercedes limousine to mingle with a crowd of several hundred supporters. "We're going back on TV," said Bakker. "We have - about five considerations right now." PTL is obviously not one of them. "We kind of wanted to say goodbye to it all," said Bakker, who nevertheless let it be known that he would take back his old job should Fundamentalist Preacher Jerry Falwell, who succeeded Bakker as head of PTL, have a change of heart. On Friday Falwell's PTL ministry filed for reorganization under Chapter 11, citing $71 million worth of debts owed...
...Nevertheless, the Pontiff surprised nearly everyone by addressing a question that even a Vatican spokesman said would not arise during the visit: diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Jaruzelski regime. Speaking to Polish bishops shortly before his departure Sunday, the Pope for the first time called for the establishment of diplomatic ties. "In the case of the so- called Catholic country," he said, "the Holy See considers relations with a given state as a normal and right thing...
...laugh easily at their time of literary turmoil. The intervening years and gained perspective have changed them in subtle ways: Jimmy looks older; Rosalynn seems more assertive. Both remain preoccupied with politics and humanitarian causes. They quietly support their daughter Amy's | activism, defending her right to express herself. Nevertheless, scars from the past remain. In private, the couple refers to the 1980 election as "the tragedy." And Rosalynn still thinks history has treated them unfairly. Says she, with a trace of sadness: "I just think there are so many problems that I wish Jimmy had been there to take...