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...Though not without trials & errors. Legend records that one Turkish admiral, sent out with orders to capture Malta, returned to Constantinople after a long and fruitless cruise to report: "Malta yoq [there is no Malta...
...Bird-dogging,' an ancient and dishonorable sport not listed on the official program, drew the usual number of stags to the Carnival, but the grim tenacity and staying power of the hosts in most cases made it a fruitless enterprise. Dartmouth men are extremely generous, especially on party weekends, but few were disposed towards surrendering their dates without a battle, or at least a few sharp words. Some bird dogs won their letters over the weekend, but only by fighting a war of attrition in which whiskey and sweet words were the principal weapons...
...despite the fertile pastures of authentic Hoosier talk and scenery she finds to work in, Author West turns out to have been digging with much the same fruitless energy...
...British politely pointed out to him that they had long experience in dealing with the Iranians, and that was that. An attempt by Secretary of State Dean Acheson to raise the issue with Foreign Secretary Bevin during the latter's recent visit to New York was equally fruitless. The British Foreign Secretary hinted to Acheson that the Iranians could not be so desperate for money, otherwise they would be more anxious to accept the new terms...
...spend money in Boston? Why wage a fruitless battle against wholesale revision of the parietal rules. What the supposedly senescent and slumbering law and graduate students are doing in the Graduate Center could at least be equalled by the fine flower of our student body in its tenements. The grass doesn't have to be greener on the other side of the fence. Frederick Holborn '49, 1 PA Lloyd Rudolph...