Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vote was heavily antiCommunist. The Communist press had predicted an overwhelming victory, obviously expecting the customary Red majority of 90-plus percent. The Russians resorted to their usual poll shenanigans; e.g., they counted as "yes" votes all write-in ballots with remarks like "No more concentration camps!" and "Liberty!" Nevertheless, after mulling the returns over for two days, the Russians finally brought themselves to announce that more than 30% of the voters had said "no" to the Communist People's Congress...
Well aware of what had happened to Hungary's Cardinal Mindszenty, Prague's Archbishop Josef Beran nevertheless decided to talk back. In a circular letter made public last week, Josef Beran, veteran of Dachau, charged that the government was silencing the Catholic press, that church collections had been prohibited in many places, and that church schools were being "liquidated step by step." Said the archbishop: "The Catholic Church should enjoy the absolute freedom to which it has a right, both God-given and guaranteed by the existing Constitution...
...year-olds, neatly named as usual by Mrs. Warren Wright. One is Shine Boy, a bay colt whose Calumet Farm report card carries these impressive comments: "Extremely great hay-eater . . . has everything a good horse needs." Another is a fiery chestnut named Urgent: "top Blenheim II colt." Nevertheless, Ben Jones suspects that when Derby Day, 1950, rolls around, a brown son of Bull Lea may be the colt to beat. His name: All Blue...
...Nevertheless, the faculty decision was applauded by the Star-Journal. "Communism and its propagandists have no place in such an institution," said the editorial, concluding that "President Paul Klapper has made if clear that he will continue to stand guard against possible invasion of the campus by the reds...
...investigation proposes to clear up such ambiguities. There will be some difficulty in clarifying the issue of identifying lobbies. Nevertheless Congress is determined to have a mind of its own, and the proposal augurs well the achieving of this...