Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example. When the GSD was founded, American buildings were primarily done in the Beaux Arts style, a mish-mash of the architectural conventions of the past. Working architects were well aware of the International Style, thanks largely to the efforts of the Museum of Modern Art. Nevertheless, there was considerable resistance to it, both by clients and architects unfamiliar with the style, and unimpressed by what they had seen...
...Trump and friends have raised about $77,000 toward buying 326 acres and the Hill home. He hopes to raise $100,000 more to save the rest of the farm. Before the New York builder called to offer Hill's widow his help, she had never heard of him. Nevertheless, she said, "My heart went pitter-patter." Said Trump: "I wanted to help one lady with one farm. The bigger problem is that thousands and thousands of people are going through the same thing...
...undercover work. Gotti's attorney, Bruce Cutler, called the last-minute disclosure "outrageous," insisting that the evidence should have been shown to defense attorneys months ago. "There has been a constant attempt by the Government to try Mr. Gotti by ambush," said Cutler. "They are not going to succeed." Nevertheless, the Government obviously hopes the tapes will prove that the most damaging witness against Gotti is the boss himself...
...which you can afford to be when you're that good." Mary Patterson McPherson, president of Bryn Mawr, deplores the 1- to-20 ratio of women on Harvard's tenured faculty after a decade of coeducation ("Just deciding to educate girls ain't coeducation in my view," she snaps). Nevertheless, she admires Bok's administrative style. "He's managed to give real leadership in some areas of great importance," McPherson says...
...statement was less a signal to Libya of imminent U.S. action than a reaffirmation of continuing policy toward Gaddafi. Although Western intelligence agencies believe they have detected new Libyan terrorist plots, the evidence is too sketchy to warrant military retaliation. Nevertheless, the President's advisers took the opportunity to remind the public, and Gaddafi, that contingency plans for Libya are always at hand...