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...margin stayed the same until the Catamounts mounted a comeback in the waning minutes, including their last goal with less than a minute left, that would ultimately be to no avail...
...distraught. His attorney had twice requested that he be put on a suicide watch, but to no avail. On that last day, after Derrick refused the plea offer, his bail was revoked for no apparent reason. He was so agitated and afraid that he jumped to his death. There is a larger truth to be drawn from his case and countless others about the degree of dehumanization we have allowed to develop in our drug war-driven criminal-justice system and our courts. MARLENE MCCOULLUM New York City...
...this year, folks in southern Oregon have been brushing up their Shakespeare for years. Nestled amid the timber-covered Siskiyou Mountains, the hamlet of Ashland is host each February till October to thousands of theatergoers at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. After coming for the theater, many return--permanently--to avail themselves of the diversity that can be found in the surrounding area...
...curdling scream" for the show, women have been barred from performing in the Pudding since its inception 151 years ago. Women have tried to be cast in the nationally recognized show--Winsome Brown '95 dressed herself up as "Nicholas Pettibone" in 1993 to audition for a part--to no avail...
...continued to fight for possession, but to no avail. The Crimson dominated the puck in the offensive zone, forcing Cornell goaltender Alanna Hayes to make 17 saves in the first period alone...