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...came up with three strong scoring opportunities in the closing seconds, but to no avail...
...even went to Japan to plead with CB makers there to trim production, but to no avail. Reports Andros: "They thought I was misjudging the marketplace and decided to increase production instead of cutting back...
...Robert Strauss, who was Democratic National Chairman when Carter was nominated for President and is now Carter's chief trade negotiator. Pan Am asked the CAB either to stay the new route awards for 90 days or grant the routes only on a temporary basis. To no avail; last week the CAB staff was readying a final order for Carter's signature when he returned from his foreign trip...
Epeeman Bob Tillman tried to right the sinking Harvard ship with a 5-3 victory over Army's Paul Johnson but his bailing out was to no avail as foilsman Gene Vastola, who won his other two bouts, lost 5-4. Vastola gamely fought back to 4-4 after going down 4-2 but then Army's Bob Hamilton used his long reach to touch Vastola just below the neck...
...organized, the theory goes, so can any other firm in the sparsely unionized South or anywhere else in the U.S. Accordingly, unions have called for a nationwide boycott of Stevens' goods, and sought and won several court convictions of the company for unfair labor practices-all to no avail. Not one of Stevens' 85 plants, mostly in the Deep South, has a union contract;" workers at seven mills in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., have voted for representation by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, but the A.C.T.W.U. has been unable to get Stevens to sign...