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Word: fruitless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Beretta traces its name to the 16th century, when the company dealt in crossbows. After the four-wheel Beretta was announced in 1986, the Italian firm negotiated with GM for two years in a fruitless effort to get the car's name changed. GM, which plans to contest the suit, insists the name is derived from various former products, including a version of the Chevy Camaro called the Berlinetta that was sold from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LITIGATION: Dueling Trademarks | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

Suddenly everything crystallized. What his speech told us was that Tocsin's politics of amiable persuasion were not enough. The effort of changing their minds by proving how well-read we were was valiant but fruitless. I resigned as chair of Tocsin soon thereafter. I knew that I had to do something else, though I didn't quite know what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `I Thought the Movement Was Going to Be My Life.' | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...able to end the day of skirmishes without suffering apparent casualties of its own. A Cobra helicopter carrying two crewmen failed to return to the Wainwright after a reconnaissance mission. Iran claimed that it had shot down the gunship. After a fruitless search for the missing chopper, the Navy listed the two crewmen as missing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Tangling with Tehran | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...with the Harvard Corporation (to discuss the possibility of divestment from South Africa) and the push for students' rights to affect the tenure process have dominated council agendas since I have been a member. Although U.C. efforts to have an impact upon Harvard, national or world politics have proved fruitless, one cannot deny that the efforts existed. Taking a stand on political issues like that of the final clubs enjoys incontrovertible precedence; having an impact on such issues enjoys none...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kudos for the Council | 3/5/1988 | See Source »

...BANDONING its fruitless attempts to slash federal student financial aid programs, the Reagan Administration this month submitted its proposed education budget for Fiscal Year 1989. Calling for $21.2 billion in federal funding for education and for nearly $9 billion for financial aid programs, this year's budget request finally falls in line with spending levels supported by Congress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Calculated Increase | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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