Word: nils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even when his chances seemed nil as he pursued the nomination, Koch displayed a remarkably cool self-assurance. "It has always been that way," says his older brother Harold. "Ed always had a very firm sense of who he was and what he could...
...some narrowing of differences"-though only about the terms of peace, not about the Palestinian question. Moreover, the Secretary of State has managed to secure at least one positive sign: the Arabs genuinely want to keep talking. Nonetheless, the odds of a Geneva Conference by October are virtually nil, though Vance still hopes that a reunion will occur by the end of the year That, however, will depend upon a tremendous amount of work-and luck...
...fans suffer from chronic lethargy and apathy, something of which the Band has never been able to cure them, although it has tried and is still trying. However, as in any persistently futile effort, momentary lapses are entirely unavoidable. The response of the fans to the Band is always nil. In fact, the only positive response the hockey band gets from anyone is great praise and support from the team itself, through Coach Cleary. After last year's playoff upset at UNH (were you there, Mr. Scheft?), Cleary raved about "that great band," and the year before, after Harvard...
...said the chances of recovery in such a case are "virtually nil...
...setting down in wiry outline and crude, flat tones the tight lips and beaky noses of parsons, housewives and merchants. There were no art schools, let alone an academy, and the demand for big canvases of history and myth-which, across the Atlantic, gave art its public necessity-was nil. Europe was very far away...