Word: fruitlessness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Toward the final whistle, the Crimson made numerous fruitless attempts to tie the score. In the last minute, Sugarman and George both had shots on goal. But time ran out too soon as Harvard added to its four-game losing streak...
While Hagelin's efforts are not fruitless, his political capital does not seem like it will place him anywhere in the headlines the morning after the Nov. 7 election...
...there is something. Bush, who has already once in this race found coasting to be a fruitless endeavor, is trying it again after a cluster of potentially self-fulfilling polls - Americans love to pick a winner - showed him emerging from the debate season with a just-bigger-than-margin-of-error-sized lead. A little daylight. Ever since, Bush has been grinning, and the lead has been shrinking...
Rudenstine spoke about the difficult task he faced in trying to provide the seniors with sound advice, humorously speaking about hours staring at a half-empty bottle of "diet avocado juice" as a fruitless attempt at inspiration...
...dinner. At this point General Wong seems like a culinary genius. A zombie-walk in flip-flops to Store 24 for a snack that will undoubtedly hit the spot suddenly comes to an devastating halt. After the hellish three-minute hike, it becomes clear that this mission will be fruitless: the windows are dark and a sign reads, "Be back at 3:30." Knocking on the door, repeatedly, does nothing. Knocking turns into banging, yelling and screaming. After half an hour, it is time to surrender and weep at the failure to acquire foodstuffs. Then the feeling hits - the same...