Word: nonetheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...German drive in southern Russia was essentially defensive; it did not insure another great offensive in 1943. But it was a nonetheless startling reminder that the Germans are still capable of fast, massive, admirably executed offensive moves...
...Nonetheless the manpower crisis itself has upped both companies' labor turnover to such an extent that Congress' solicitude for their 65,000 employes will not be nearly so costly as it sounds. And if & when the FCC approves a specific merger plan, the end should more than justify the means. Postal, which went through the wringer only two years ago, is again loaded with debt-this time $9,000,000 of RFC notes-and lost over $4,000,000 last year. Western Union, with some 80% of the U.S. telegraph business, turned in a good profit...
...week's end a female compatriot of Pedro's tried a less ambitious but nonetheless staggering swim-the 42 windy miles down the Paraná from Campana to San Fernando, at the head of the Estuary. She was Mrs. Soledad Bueno de Gutierrez, 38, swimming teacher in a Buenos Aires department store. She made it-in 17 hours, 38 minutes...
Faced with game surpluses that threaten mass starvation of birds & beasts, conservationists are nonetheless dead set against the abolition of a bag limit. They also say that "scientific slaughtering" of excess wildlife is economically unsound, citing the example of California, which in 1924-26 paid $500,000 to get 22,000 deer killed-around $23 a deer. Their point: Why pay people to hunt when hunters will pay for the privilege...
Considering these costs, the fact that Sterling showed a foreign profit at all last year is amazing. And on balance, the directors of the company have every right to feel pleased: they have saved their foreign outlets and done a good job for Uncle Sam as well. Nonetheless there are still some Washington officials who fear that at war's end Sterling will want to resume its old ties with I. G. Farben. And certain it is that after the war Germany (if it can) will actively help I.G. regain her markets. In that event Sterling may need active...