Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nevertheless, two Harvard team records were broken, including one from 1979--ironically, the year that the Crimson snapped the Tiger's Eastern streak at six. In the 50 freestyle, sophomore Keith Kaplan placed third with a 20.7 time. But in the trials, Kaplan finished in 20.50,.17 faster than Malcolm Cooper...
...same man who, according to his former budget director, fails to grasp even the basic arithmetic of the federal budget. This is the same man whose former chief of staff proclaimed himself part of a "shovel brigade," perpetually cleaning up after the boss. This is the same man who nevertheless placed his trust in a janitorial incompetent, someone more adept at grave-digging than damage control...
...Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, can be a "quality that takes one aback." He says, "Often the severely retarded have plenty of potential if educated right," but adds, "The question is, What constitutes right? The mental language of each person is different." Nevertheless, the parents of Hope University students take heart at the ways Walker and her small staff are developing talent and self-confidence. As one father, University of California Biology Professor Howard Lenhoff, puts it,"The one thing that worries every parent of a retarded child is what will happen...
BOTTOMS' PERFORMANCE is perhaps the most riveting and outrageous, as he takes both of his characters, Grass in the first act and the nebbishy Freddy of Act Two, to the edge and beyond. Nevertheless, the play never loses balance because DeLillo has spread out hilarious lines quite evenly among his insane asylum inmates. Derrah and Geidt start off by creating an atmosphere of subdued surrealism that clues us in to the weirdness ahead. As a human television in Act Two, Derrah switches channels effortlessly. Sitting to the side, looking straight ahead, and wrapped in a straitjacket, he transfers his voice...
...Federal Government will have to pay more to maintain its volunteer military. The pool of eligible recruits for the armed forces will shrink from 9.5 million people in 1986 to 7.8 million by 1996. The Pentagon nevertheless expects to meet its recruitment goals, but the competition with private industry will be intense for entry-level jobholders. As the supply of younger workers declines, civilian and military employers will be forced to offer . education and training to make better use of potential recruits. By 1990, predicts the National Alliance of Business, three out of every four jobs will require education...