Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nevertheless, this freshmen class must figure greatly in Sullivan's plans for a winning season...
...former Goldman Sachs investment banker climbs back into the spotlight, Congress is preparing to vote on a historic bill that plays legislative catch-up with Citi's 1998 merger with Travelers, the insurance outfit that also owns Salomon Smith Barney. Rubin never made financial modernization his priority in government; nevertheless he will now help direct an institution sure to be among the bill's principal beneficiaries...
...Game Four of the World Series, Christie's auction house opened bidding on an "eternity band" given by Joe DiMaggio to MARILYN MONROE. The bidding proved more competitive than the game, with the diamond ring scoring $770,000 from an anonymous buyer. Among the less eternal items, which nevertheless sold big during the auction of Monroe memorabilia, were a makeup case (with used cosmetics), which sold for $266,000, and six pictures of her dog that fetched $222,500. Singer Mariah Carey laid out $660,000 for a piano, and designer Tommy Hilfiger ponied up $112,000 for jeans...
...decline to accept the end of the oceans, for to do so would be to accept the end of humanity. I see signs that we are starting to alter our course--laboriously, yes, barely perceptibly, like a supertanker beginning a slow turn in a heavy sea, but changing direction nevertheless...
...explosive AIDS epidemic in the U.S. is unlikely. Instead, HIV infection will continue to fester in about 0.5% of the population. But the complexion of the epidemic will change. New HIV infections will occur predominantly in the underclass, with rates 10 times as high in minority groups. Nevertheless, American patients will live quality lives for decades, thanks to advances in medical research. Dozens of powerful and well-tolerated AIDS drugs will be developed, as will novel means to restore the immune system...