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...same team here. I realize race relations have been adversarial in the past, but the solution is not to direct society's animosity toward a different faction of the population. All of our efforts to create a society truly free from racism are for nought as long as this adversarial system of race relations persists. GREGORY S. NOVAK '00 March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Posters Detract From Debate | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...largely unsupervised. The script strains to pardon Mulqueen's crimes by contrasting his noble, ideological struggle with the Jackal's vicious, gun-for-hire mentality, but both characters are so poorly developed that it's hard to care. What little friction there is between the two terrorists comes to nought...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stupidity, Sexism Plague a Lifeless 'Jackal' | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

...slew of Crimson power plays went for nought...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Michigan State Finishes Harvard | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

Yale (3-7 overall, 2-5 Ivy) got a terrific performance from tailback Ted Macauley, but his efforts went for nought against the finely-tuned Crimson defense, led by a crack corps of defensive backs...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Gridders Gallivant Past Yale, 24-17 | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

...explanation, if there is one, is that Gorbachev has made economic reform his number one priority, but without a substantial reduction in military expenditures, his efforts will come to nought. There is good reason to believe that even with a reduction of Soviet military expenditures, which presently account for 14 to 16 percent of the Soviet GNP, Gorbachev will not be able to generate the far-reaching structural reforms he seeks. But with arms reduction, he at least stands a better chance...

Author: By Marshall I. Goldman, | Title: Don't Miss the Chance | 10/20/1986 | See Source »

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