Word: vain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have looked in vain to discover what additional information has been evolved from these presidential and gubernatorial gabfests...
...Contact lenses (TIME, Aug. 18, 1930) are thin glass shells which are fitted directly onto the eyeball, are almost invisible when in place. They are inconspicuous for actors and other vain persons, convenient for athletes. Since the curvature of the eye varies from one individual to another, a lucky fit is necessary for contact lenses to be worn for long periods without irritation. Hence although they have been known for 80 years, only about 3,000 have been successfully worn. For six years Dr. William Feinbloom, research fellow of Columbia University, labored on the problem of a lens made...
...German newsorgans were prevented by the Ministry of Propaganda & Public Enlightenment from so much as mentioning that last week Jewish-blooded Captain Wolfgang Fuerstner, the Army officer responsible for construction of Berlin's excellent Olympic Village, had blown out his brains. Non-Aryan Captain Fuerstner had hoped in vain that, as a reward for his work for the Olympics, he would be permitted to retain his Army rank, something now denied in Germany to all non-Aryans...
Stiffest intervention of the week came from Adolf Hitler. In Germany every newsorgan wrathfully published news that Reds of Barcelona affiliated with the Spanish Government had slain four Germans who were hailed as "Nazi Martyrs." In vain pinko-red French newspapers insisted that the four slain men were Socialists who had fled from Germany to Spain to escape Nazi persecution. To Adolf Hitler they were "Nazi Martyrs" anyhow, and Der Reichsfiihrer took appropriate steps...
Still evident, too, is poor distribution of seasonal goods. While Moscow sweltered through a heat wave, buyers combed stores in vain for electric fans, found only electric heaters...