And when they finally ended, Umenyiora repeatedly said he had no regrets, even though he ultimately secured little in terms of money.
The then-senator led the proceedings as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and even though he ultimately voted against confirming Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, he was widely criticized by the left for "having mismanaged the allegations of sexual harassment made by Ms. Hill against her former employer, Mr. Thomas," according to a 2008 New York Times story.
I own the coffee-stained stuck-together pages where John met Paul and decided to bring him in even though he would ultimately take over and spend weeks on Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
He, like Mr. Miller, raised an additional $200,000 or so with the city's blessing, on top of the millions he had already raised, even though he, like Mr. Miller, ultimately failed to attract enough votes to reach a runoff.
Regulators allowed the company to keep operating its reactors for the next two years even though, an investigation ultimately revealed, its executives had actually hidden other, far more serious problems, including cracks in the shrouds that cover reactor cores.
There were certain guys he really couldn't stand, but there were some people he genuinely liked, even though ultimately he had to bring them down.
In a less political context, he said, he would want to acknowledge "what I see that has merit" on the opposing side of the question, even though he might find it ultimately outweighed by other considerations.
And much of the country was understandably furious about the bank bailouts (even though they ultimately produced a profit for taxpayers).
This is one area I'd like to see Apple conservatively open up so developers can become more creative about the format of a notification, even though they ultimately want users to be inside their apps.
That was how we shot it as well, and this made him acceptable to people as a person even though ultimately he was a really sick human being.
Gen. Leslie Groves, the military officer in charge of the Manhattan Project, ultimately chose Oppenheimer, even though he was a theorist with no administrative experience, as director at Los Alamos.
