Word: availed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...training camps near Kandahar in Afghanistan after last year's terrorist attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa. The U.S. has patiently cajoled the Taliban, via direct talks as well as through the movement's traditional backers in Pakistan and Afghanistan, to hand over Bin Laden, but to no avail. "The Taliban occasionally plays nice, but only in order to get the West off their backs," says Calabresi. "The feeling in Washington is now to wallop them if Bin Laden strikes again, because playing nice hasn't helped...
...years younger than myself, readily treated me like a grown up. I tried to inform them of their gross mistake. I purposefully dressed more casually. I sat on the floor Indian-style. I even sang horrible Backstreet Boys songs to show I was hip. All this posturing to no avail. The kids were convinced. At first I chalked it up to their own over-eagerness. As the dust settled, however, I realized that I was the one who was mistaken. In fact, every Harvard student who still believes that they are the same fun-loving slacker they were in high...
...frequented University dining facility. So, added to the damaging sunlight was beverage and food spills and splatters, vandalism, and even a physical tear from an ill-placed chair. The Fogg Museum, aware of the damage, made numerous attempts to bring about the murals' removal and preservation. But to no avail, as the murals belonged to the Corporation, which itself was held under the Deed of Gift not to move the murals without the artist's consent. Th final difficulty was Rothko's death in 1970, which lead to a legal entanglement over his estate that would delay the murals' removal...
...bizarre album covers. The man himself, whose name has been debated more than the gender of Pat on Saturday Night Live. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, and Now Generally Referred to As Freak, has put forth a valiant effort in his latest major label album, but to no avail. He plays his own instruments, he writes his own songs (with the lone exception of a cover of the Sheryl Crow song "Every Day is a Winding Road"). but his extreme image appears to be all that remains of this former member of pop's royal family...
...sudden, desperate need of fresh air. Exit through back and stand outside for a few minutes. Realize soon after that door is locked. Pound on front door to no avail...