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...initiate a suit for slander has publicly been taken by Mr. Hiss . . . Mr. Hiss himself has created a situation in which he is obliged to put up or shut up ... Mr. Hiss has left himself no alternative. And each day of delay in making it known that he will avail himself of the opportunity Mr. Chambers has accorded him does incalculable damage to his reputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: No Alternative | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...locking the barn door that keeps the rain away. Plans have always been worked out to the smallest detail for the eventuality of showers, Sanders Theater prepared, and rain tickets printed. And all--for 27 years--to no avail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 27 Years of No Avail Plans Fight Commencement Rains | 6/10/1948 | See Source »

...memoirs should be regarded as a further but redundant demonstration that a policy of sound principle and sober purpose ultimately will prove of more avail than one of protean extremism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 26, 1948 | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...transition from one-party regime to parliamentary government, was not without incident. Ten Kuomintang dissenters who were under party censure for getting themselves elected as "independents" staged a hunger strike in the gold-&-cream Assembly hall. Cunning officials placed trays of tea, cakes and dumplings before them, to no avail. The "irregulars'" spokesman bought a white coffin with black stripes, threatened to bring it into the Assembly as a token of protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Of Tolerance | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...students attempting to purchase a western sandwich at 11:45 o'clock last Thursday night at the Hayes-Bick were curtly informed by the hashslinger on duty that it was "eggless day." A plea from the collegians that they would actually consume the concoction yesterday morning was of no avail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Esophagi Growling for Protein Run into Curt "No" as Clocks Stop | 10/18/1947 | See Source »

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