Word: nonetheless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spit curls and a Grecian wiglet, sat impassively, toying with a ballpoint pen and whispering occasionally to her four lawyers. Only once did she break down, during a parade of 24 character witnesses, including old friends, her preacher and Governor George Wallace, who attested to her "good" reputation. Nonetheless, the jury needed only 45 minutes to find her guilty as charged. When sentenced next week, she faces up to 20 years in prison and $20,000 in fines...
...Nonetheless, to the extent that over a period of time he is successful, I think his successes are likely to be more important and more far-reaching. I think our record on the whole is good, with some failings...
...Ocean. Others passed through the northern tip of Zambia, whose Lunda tribesmen are friendly kin of the Katangese exiles. They traveled in small groups and wore native dress, but carried AK-47s and other Soviet-made equipment over their shoulders. They insisted that no "Cubbanos" had come with them. Nonetheless, guerrillas declared that their goal was not simply the liberation of Shaba from Kinshasa's rule but the ouster of Mobutu and the creation of a more radical government...
...much of its original New Deal idealism. Switching from its initial reliance on dams, the TVA built large coal plants and the world's largest nuclear power station. To finance expansion, the TVA began to raise rates. Even though these rates remained far below commercial levels, disillusioned customers nonetheless started to complain. Environmentalists were alarmed by violations of federal clean-air standards and a 1975 near disaster at Brown's Ferry nuclear power station in Alabama. Next, environmentalists sued to block the TVA from building the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River, which would wipe...
...troubles in Algeria were barely noted in Paris newspapers, even though an F.L.N. proclamation of the struggle for independence was broadcast by Cairo radio and circulated in pamphlets throughout the country. Nonetheless, the All Saints' uprising-swiftly followed by savage reprisals against Algeria's Muslim majority-marked the beginning of a bloody conflict that lasted for nearly eight years. It led to the birth of a new republic and the eradication of the French presence in North Africa. But at what a cost! According to Algerian figures, as many as 1 million Muslims died during and after...