Word: nought
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thus, when the offense had trouble early in the season--as Ford juggled the forwards in an attempt to find the right combination--the Crimson fullbacks played under a lot of pressure. Though they played well, a number of their fine efforts went for nought in low-scoring games...
...highly skilled Bowen made a pretty, right-footed dab of a bouncing ball over Peter Sergienko's head before racing down the wing and centering. He and Touran repeatedly worked the ball towards the middle of the field near the Crimson penalty box. Their eforts, however, came to nought...
...winnowing process, a religious equivalent of the survival of the fittest. Established church leaders like to cite a prophecy in the Book of Acts: "Refrain from these men [the early Christians] and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow...
...Vintage Car, sponsored by Borg-Warner, is equipped with cut-glass liqueur-decanter fog lamps, a crystal ball to predict traffic conditions ahead, a petunia-powered antipollution catalyst and a speedometer that registers from Nought, through Gently, to AWFUL. In fact, Emett notes, the machine "has a great safety factor: it doesn't move." His Far Tottering Railway was a hot ticket at the 1951 Festival of Britain at which it transported more than 2 million passengers; it is now the puffing pride of Toronto, installed at the Ontario Science Center. The Gentleman's Flying Machine is powered...
...Crimson's sterling 19-1 ECAC and 12-0 Ivy League records will all go for nought, and be reduced to an, "At least we were number one for the season" memory, if Harvard loses tonight's quarterfinal match against Clarkson...