Word: though
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Luckily for the citizens of Massachusetts, Governor A. Paul Cellucci vetoed these changes and preserved the original bill. Before lauding him for his integrity, though, it ought to be noted that many other considerations appeared to be at stake, including an ongoing feud between the governor and Birmingham. His action appeared to be more a vengeful stab at Birmingham than a rational policy choice...
According to Grass, "literature has an explosive quality at its root, though the explosions literature releases have a delayed-action effect...How long did it take the European Enlightenment from Montaigne to Voltaire, Diderot, Kant, Lessing and Lichtenberg to introduce a flicker of reason into the dark corners of scholasticism?...But when the light finally did brighten things up, it turned out to be the light of cold reason, limited to the technically doable, to economic and social progress, a reason that claimed to be enlightened but that merely drummed a reason-based jargon (which amounted to instructions for progress...
...player we're most concerned about," captain Damian Long said. "We're going to try to rotate guys in and out on defense to go to work on him. No matter who we put up on him, though, it'll be a tough match...
...teammates have said that even though he wanted to win, he never gave enough effort in games or practice to make them think he actually cared enough about basketball...
They're part of the seasonal work force that jumps into jobs, for spending money or for holiday spirit, even though termination is imminent...