Word: fruitlessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sanctions might have some sort of positive effect, however small, if Haiti were the only nation on the island of Hispanola and could be blockaded by U.S. warships. But the shared border with the Dominican Republic makes the sanctions essentially fruitless, except for smugglers...
Harvard's final inning at the plate proved fruitless as the Bears put them away three-up-three-down. The mesmerized Crimson returned to the dugout with a 6-5 loss...
...attempt[t to uncover the latest Whitewater scandal appears fruitless. And yet, a reporter of my caliber--one who discovered nothing less than the trend of jester hats at Harvard--cannot rest there. Indeed, I had another lead...
...Norway's best-loved sportsman and its choice to take the Olympic athlete's oath. An American reporter reduced him to tears at a press conference by asking about the impact on his training of his brother Ketil's disappearance while jogging last October and of Vegard's fruitless search for the body, lost in snow at least until the spring thaw...
Finally. After an off-season highlighted by boring labor meetings, a fruitless search for a commissioner and another Buffalo choke, the 1994 baseball season is almost here to save us from the above drudgery. Maybe its still early, but I'm ready to say that this season will be different--a lot different--than previous ones...