Word: availability
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Swahili, his flawed English tends to make him appear a borderline idiot, which he certainly is not. It is unfortunate that Schroeder chose to make a political film in and about a country whose language he does not speak. But it is even more unfortunate that, rather than avail himself of the services of an interpreter, he deliberately utilized the language barrier, apparently to place particular emphasis on Amin's frighteningly shallow, misinformed, and warped worldview. The effect however, is not to frighten, but to amuse...
...China, and Father Ernst Alt, a pastor in a nearby community. For ten months, beginning last September and continuing until shortly before her death, the two priests conducted an intermittent series of exorcisms to rid Anneliese of six demons they believed possessed her. The efforts were of no avail. About Easter time, her convulsions returned with renewed ferocity, and she began to refuse food and drink. No doctors were called...
Avilov, now 28 and competing in his third Olympics, seemed nonplused; he had achieved personal bests in three of the first day's five events, but to little avail. At one point while loosening up he threw back his head like a high-spirited trotter and passed Jenner without a glance. Perhaps he was thinking that hubris such as Jenner's classically precedes defeat. But Jenner, a camera-courting athlete who thinks Montreal may lead to Hollywood, is a blithe and buoyant modern man. FEET, DON'T FAIL ME NOW read the baby blue T shirt that...
...captain Mike Kelly pitched the entire seven innings of the win, as the Crimson got off to a strong start and never let up. Dartmouth used six pitchers to no avail...
...similar philosophical confusion-and a similar experience of devoting great amounts of money and national effort to little avail-comes the muddle over what to do about crime. In earlier days, crime was simply punished. Offenders were locked away or done away with, without much thought of reforming the criminal. In the 1930s the view grew that crime was caused by environmental and personal factors. Notes Harvard's James Q. Wilson: "Since crime was 'caused,' it could not be deterred." But it could be treated, like a case of the measles. There followed programs in rehabilitation, psychotherapy...