Word: fruitlessness
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...Three hijackers seized control of the Moscow-bound Tuplov 154 jet as it left Istanbul airport, issuing a list of demands including an end to Russia's military campaign in Chechnya. The Saudis said they decided to storm the plane after 18 hours of negotiation at Medina airport proved fruitless...
...bullying, seeks in a small way to change the weekly headlines. More and more schools around the country are implementing antibullying policies. New laws in Georgia, New Hampshire and Vermont require them, and Colorado, home to the Columbine school massacre, is debating a measure. Skeptics say such legislation is fruitless and serves merely as a platform for politicians to display their practiced empathy. But some innovative programs around the country are showing concrete results that challenge the laissez-faire mentality that, after all, kids will be kids...
...their own corruption by continuously rousing anger against a common enemy. Unfortunately, they have been quite successful at it, and, in the process, created a culture of hate. Until a leadership emerges that truly wants what's best for the people, resumption of the peace talks would be a fruitless effort...
DIED. HAROLD E. STASSEN, 93, youngest Governor of Minnesota and eternally optimistic politician who made nine fruitless attempts to win the G.O.P. presidential nomination; in Bloomington, Minn. A political wunderkind, Stassen became county attorney at 23 and Governor at 31. Between stabs at the presidency (from 1948 to 1992), he continued a successful international-law practice, appointed the first black officer to the National Guard, helped charter the U.N. and served as president of the University of Pennsylvania and as a trusted aide to President Eisenhower...
...News reports suggest that Hillary Clinton's brother Hugh Rodham, already under the microscope for his involvement in two successful pardon applications, personally asked White House lawyers to consider granting pardons or commutations to Democratic donors Nora and Eugene Lum. The request, if it was in fact made, was fruitless...