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Word: availed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attention between saving lives and fighting off the Somalis -- "I'd fire a few rounds to push them back, then put my rifle across my lap and turn around to do my medical duties" -- several Rangers pulled at the crumpled wreckage to free Wolcott and the copilot. To no avail: it would eventually take a humvee with a towrope to pry the bodies free. Meanwhile, Somalis pressed ever closer, poking their weapons around doorways and firing blindly into the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid Disaster, Amazing Valor | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

Cornell would score five points in the final 1:45, but it would be of no avail...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: W. Cagers Garner First League Win, Defeat Cornell, 72-57 | 2/12/1994 | See Source »

...nothing else, I am sure all of us (this, of course, includes us heathens) avail of this hyped-up season to aggrandize our material possessions. We are certainly great supporters of the wonderful, generous spirit of gift-giving. In other words, materialism knows no cultural bounds...

Author: By Ishaan Seth, | Title: Christmastime | 12/15/1993 | See Source »

...first 17 years David M. Lentini worked in Harvard's dining halls, about one or two students a day asked him if the dining service could start providing Heinz ketchup. Seeking to satisfy these students, Lentini frequently asked his managers to buy it--to no avail...

Author: By Jessica C. Schell, | Title: Is Harvard Dining Services SERVING Your Needs? | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

...story of two 17th century virtuosi, the reclusive Monsieur de Sainte Colombe and his student Marais, who played and wrote music for the viola da gamba. When Sainte Colombe discovers the love affair between his daughter Madeleine and Marais, he banishes Marais from his household and mentorship-to no avail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard Daily Entertainment & Events | 11/4/1993 | See Source »

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