Word: nonetheless
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...vast resources, a position in the state hierarchy and the personal prerequisites that attend well-placed public officials. Those facts are certainly straight. To refer to those privileges as a "fortune" was a serious rhetorical oversight on my part. Yet to ignore the fact that Moses' activities did, nonetheless, benefit himself--in terms of power and privilege if not money--and to assume that the unique role Mr. Moses played in New York State politics cannot be "dragged in" as relevant to the current election are errors approaching the same magnitude...
While the buoy mix-up somewhat marred the Harvard heavyweight mixed eight debut, the boat's time, without the 30-second penalty, made it memorable nonetheless. The mixed heavies steamed down the Charles in 16 minutes and 43 seconds, only 48 seconds slower than the Crmson eight-man elite eight. Doug Wood, who stroked the mixed eight, and rowed in the other boat, said yesterday that the mixed boat felt faster for all but a few short patches in the three miles; it didn't lag between strokes as it had sometimes in practice...
...months Burger Baron Ray Kroc, 76, founder of the McDonald's hamburger chain, has been bedeviled by a rumor that he donates money to the Church of Satan, a San Francisco-based cult. "The most vicious thing I've ever heard and all lies," sputters Kroc. Nonetheless, on many fundamentalist Christians in the Southern and Midwestern Bible Belt, the rumor has had the impact of a Big Mac attack in reverse: they are boycotting McDonald's. So far, the protests have had a negligible effect, but just to make sure, McDonald's Executive Doug Timberlake last...
They do not keep up with the Wus next door, a family of nine with five working members, who bring home more than twice as much income and have a two-story house. Nonetheless, the Ch'ens have a savings account earning...
When rumors circulated last week that Carey, 59, plans to marry Anne Ford Uzielli, 35, the divorced younger daughter of Henry Ford II, the Governor told reporters: "No way." Nonetheless, Hugh often drops in for dinner at Anne's Park Avenue duplex and once sent her a garnet birthstone (January) inscribed, THE GUV, WITH LUV. But even luv isn't always enough. The Guv is up for reelection in November and, says he, "If I don't win, who'd want me? My prospects are vague, and my future is dubious...