Word: nevertheless
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...workings of the labor market, allowing theoretical calculations and arbitrary rulings by a new tier of bureaucrats to supplant the forces of supply and demand. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights last month rejected comparable worth, saying it would lead to "a radical reordering of our economic system." Nevertheless, it has already been adopted, at least in principle, by Minnesota and New York. In addition, studies are under way in 25 other states to determine how such adjustments could be made...
...European Parliament, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev was giving his own V-E day anniversary speech at the Kremlin. He too mixed hard rhetoric with soft sell, but overall his language was tougher than Reagan's. The U.S., he claimed, was "the forward edge of the war menace to mankind." Nevertheless, Gorbachev said his country was ready for a thaw in relations. "From our point of view, detente is not the end aim of politics," he said. "It is needed, but only as a transitional stage from a world cluttered with arms to a reliable and embracing international security system...
...specifically mentioned the SS members buried at Bitburg. "The crimes of the SS must rank among the most heinous in human history," he said. "But others buried there were simply soldiers in the German army." The President went on: "The evil world of Nazism turned all values upside down. Nevertheless, we can mourn the German war dead as human beings, crushed by a vicious ideology...
Despite the auspicious signs for the future, the Crimson will feel the absence of its co-captains. Although both saw but limited action through much of the year--Cunningham because of a shoulder injury. Wilson because of a knee injury--they nevertheless contributed both on and off the held...
...remains ironic that demonstrators, although their actions were not premeditated, nevertheless saw fit to violate many of the same civil rights that they have made the centerpiece of their protest for Blacks in South Africa. Thursday's protest was neither civil nor effective, it was violent and self-indulgent. They incident does damage to individual liberties, as well as to the credibility of the divestment movement...