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After all, revisiting the past—effectively poring over every mistake and decision gone awry—is disappointing, fruitless and more than a little frustrating...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Seeks Return To Former Glory | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

...search for logic in anti-Americanism is fruitless. It is in the air the world breathes. Its roots are envy and self-loathing - by peoples who, yearning for modernity but having failed at it, find their one satisfaction in despising modernity's great exemplar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Hell With Sympathy | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...search for logic in anti-Americanism is fruitless. It is in the air the world breathes. Its roots are envy and self-loathing--by peoples who, yearning for modernity but having failed at it, find their one satisfaction in despising modernity's great exemplar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Hell With Sympathy | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Playing under modified Boggle rules, Aguilar and Greenspan searched the board for acronyms. After one minute of fruitless searching, the Boggle board was re-shaken and they began to play under standard rules...

Author: By A.p. Yaksic, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It Boggles the Mind | 11/6/2003 | See Source »

...481TL LLC, CCHDDNV Inc., N15SB LLC and QEAT4 LLC. With their principals scattered across the country, the companies have the appearance of being tax-avoidance devices, just like the synfuels scheme. What, if anything, does Earthco's synfuel process do? Calls for information to Earthco and its employees were fruitless. When TIME reached Slusser, he promptly hung up the telephone after hearing the writer identify himself. A call to Earthco's office in Las Vegas proved equally unproductive. A woman who identified herself as Susan Trimboli said any questions would have to be answered by a Jim Scott in Sacramento...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Energy Scam | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

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