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...dispatcher replied that no exceptions could be made. I would have to go where she told me to go, and expose myself to the very risk from which I needed the escort to protect me. I pleaded with her to no avail, and finally went home unescorted...
...floor. But by the time one intrepid journalist used a stairwell to return to the hallway adjacent to the conference room, a stern man with folded arms and wearing a black suit had been posted outside the meeting. The reporter evaded the guard's queries, but to no avail. In the hotel lobby, an employee dressed in a pristine uniform approached the journalist and asked him if he was a guest of the hotel. The Ritz had apparently put the reporter under surveillance, as the employee knew exactly which floors the reporter had been...
...speaking Japanese with the high school principal, he is making a general pest of himself with the family down the block. He is especially smitten with their 15-year-old daughter Laura, whom he showers with pet names ("Hi, my little Jell-O mold") to no avail. One night he even shows up outside her bedroom window to woo her with an accordion serenade of Feelings...
With these considerations in mind, two other Catholic students and I discussed the possibility of a peaceful protest. In order not to disrupt the viewing of the video, to avoid confrontation, to minimize distortion by the press (to no avail) and to reflect most clearly our feelings of spiritual pain, we decided that a silent, vigil-like protest would be the most appropriate course of action. We believed that our placards, the literature we distributed, our collective statement to the press (which The Crimson never published) and our solemn attitude would most effectively communicate our purpose to the public...
Because of its record as an effective mediator between Arab and Western countries, Algeria is in many ways well suited to the peacemaker's role. Before leaving Geneva, Aziz met with Algerian Foreign Minister Sid Ahmed Ghozali, apparently to no avail. Nevertheless, the Algerians have redoubled their efforts to reach a solution that is essentially based on the French model and that promises territorial concessions from Kuwait...