Word: availing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bragging [and] boasting are of no avail," declared China's chief delegate Chiao Kuan-hua, his voice rising with emotion. "If the Soviet government truly has the desire for disarmament, the Soviet representative should solemnly declare that at no time and in no circumstances will the Soviet Union be the first to use nuclear weapons, and that it will dismantle all nuclear bases and withdraw all nuclear weapons and means of delivery from abroad. Distinguished Soviet representatives, do you dare...
...language requirement made my academic career at Harvard a...frustrating and disappointing one. It killed (my) chances to graduate with honors. It pulled down my grades in other subjects...I worked very hard at French but to no avail...I became so frustrated that I could not get any constructive studying done...
Stoeckel threw the last of his three interceptions, and Princeton converted the mistake into the final touchdown with five minutes left. Restic sent in Eric Crone at quarterback in the last few minutes, but to no avail. Crone threw two interceptions in four attempts...
...care that would do credit to Elizabeth Arden. In one stall a West Texas matron in toreador pants, see-through blouse and perhaps the last bouffant hairdo in Western civilization teased the tip of her Hereford's tail with a hot comb. Her loving efforts were of little avail, however; most of the significant Hereford trophies went to Winrock Farms, owned by a former Governor of Arkansas name of Winthrop Rockefeller...
...letter from Blyden to one of them, State Senator John Dunne, was floating unread through the mails. It contained a restrained appeal for an official inspection tour of Attica. "We have been trying to apprise the public and the news media of conditions for some time, to no avail. Your assistance in these most serious matters is urgently needed...