Word: fruitless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...snuck in so smooth and slippery we didn't even hear it." But when he awoke, surrounding houses were gone. In another Santa Cruz town, Felton (pop. 2,062), John Raskins and his family fled from their home as it filled with muck. A salvage attempt proved fruitless. Says Haskins, 33: "Every time we get feeling bad about some of the things we lost, I just think that I have my three children...
Down the stretch and into overtime, the action in the penalty boxes grew busier. The referees distributed five roughing penalties, including one which gave the Crimson a fruitless power play...
March 24: After fruitless talks with government officials in Bydgoszcz, Walesa threatens a nationwide strike if Polish...
...coach Joe Restic has no reservations about the way Scheper has handled split end ("He's done a fine job"), but the combination of a strong running attack and the fact that Cuccia--no dropback passer--hasn't been able to get outside to throw, has kept Scheper running fruitless patterns all year...
...springs have passed since some 50 women stood a fruitless vigil outside Agassiz House, while the Radcliffe Board of Trustees voted to abolish the Radcliffe Forum. The protest has long since ended. The decision, so "unacceptable" then, has been accepted, and by many, approved. The Office of the Associate Dean has replaced the Forum as Radcliffe's umbrella office for seminars, speeches and programs on women's issues. Everyone agrees that much has changed...