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They saw two ships pass, and signaled frantically but without avail. They fought to keep hold of their minds. Widdicombe broke off his front teeth trying to eat his shoes. Tapscott spent most of the time torpid in the boat's bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BAHAMAS: Sea Story | 6/9/1941 | See Source »

...both days voting will take place in the House dining halls at all meals, in the Dudley Commuter's center, and on Wednesday afternoon, in Memorial Hall before and after the Economics A exam. Ballots will also be avail bale in the clubs and the Signet Society, and in Wednesday between 11:45 and 1 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST VOTES FOR COUNCIL CAST TODAY | 6/4/1941 | See Source »

...fire, knives, legalistic arguments were of no avail in the face of a bigger issue. Ex-Senator Matt Neely was a friend of the Administration, and last week the Administration could still dig up enough political debtors, scrape together enough votes to run the Senate. The president of Fairmont State Teachers College got his job by just two votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: A Big Job for a Big Man | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

...This is a fact against which the customary arguments of political controversy are of no avail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Easements | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

...aroused library officals, shocked at the disturbance, stamped up and down with their cries of "break it up," but to no avail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Singing Telegram "Sparks" Entertainment in Boylston | 5/2/1941 | See Source »

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