Word: fruitless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...March 22, after all our efforts to negotiate with Iranian officials had proved fruitless, Mondale, Vance and I had a full briefing from our military leaders about the latest plans for a rescue mission, which were much more feasible than those presented at the outset of the ordeal. But they still needed more work, and I was not yet convinced that we should proceed...
There was no prospect for success if Begin and Sadat stayed apart; and their meetings had now become fruitless because the two men were too personally incompatible to compromise on the issues facing them. There was only one thing to do, as dismal and unpleasant as the prospect seemed: I would try to bring Sadat and Begin together for an extensive negotiating session with...
Blocking currency movements with regulations tends to be as fruitless as trying to control water with a rake. Trade has been severely stymied. "There is no practical way to handle transactions with Mexico," says Mark Miles of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce. "If we got a check from a Mexican, there is nothing we could do with it. And what do we do with pesos?" Says Doug Fuller, a Southern California Ford dealer: "It's kind of a catch-22. They can't get dollars and we can't take pesos...
Sophomore midfielder Inga Larson put in the ensuing penalty kick to knot the score at 1-1 Regulation time expired with yet another fruitless Crimson flurry in front...
...battle, he moves peripatetically among his soldiers and civilians, escorting Western visitors around Baghdad to convince them that he enjoys the full support of his people. He clearly does, despite the increasingly disastrous consequences of the war. Some 100,000 Iraqis have been killed or wounded in a fruitless bid to seize control of the Shatt al Arab waterway and Iran's oil-rich Khuzistan province. Yet most Iraqis despise Khomeini's brand of Islamic fanaticism and prefer the secular nature of Saddam Hussein's government. Saddam Hussein's downfall would also provoke grave apprehensions...