Word: vain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with that solemn diffidence becoming to solitary interpretations of Olympian dicta, that one ventures to place an original construction on Dean Hanford's affidavit in re the evil of tutoring bureaus. If, however, temerity be not forbidden and the impressions of that temerity be not vain, one is tempted to suggest that the two humorous undergraduate publications look to their laurels. Youth has been quick to appraise and to emulate the form if not the substance of the diversion common to distraught journalists, hapless explorers, and brilliant financiers. To the hoax it has brought the charm of unflagging devotion...
...only exconvict in Congress* and I am hardboiled. I know how to handle Jews. I'm another Hitler." Then he punched Cohen in the eye. knocking him to the floor. Soon Shoemaker's doctor came & sewed up Cohen's face. Next day Cohen tried in vain to get a warrant for Shoemaker's arrest on charges of assault & battery. First, Shoemaker agreed to waive his Congressional immunity and stand trial. Later he changed his mind. Said he: "If it were for myself alone, I wouldn't hesitate for I could beat the case without trouble...
...proving mildly provoking for his autocratic regime with its incessant protests against his policies. This further increased the militancy and the student's tendencies toward futile exhibitionism. At present the government, according to the National Student League "resorts to open murder of the most active students in a vain attempt to stifle the protests against American Capitalistic exploitation of Cuba...
...London. Major oil producers met in Washington fortnight ago, recommended action to the White House which would hold the U. S. flow down to 2,000,000 bbl. per day. Many have been the conferences between producers of copper, nitrate and rubber during the last several years in vain attempts to control output, raise prices. At London such attempts may become accomplishments...
Last week the censored newspapers' only reproaches spoke from great white spaces. Accused of suppressing two, Terra replied that troops had merely shut off their electrical power, stopping the presses. Montevideo businessmen were satisfied. But inland the estancia owners and peons awoke from their doze, waited in vain for news from Montevideo. They picked up an occasional scanty radio report from the Argentine, spread rumor and uneasiness by word of mouth. Observers agreed that the Constitution from which all power had leaked last week was probably unrefillable. What the new Constitution would be depended on how well Dictator Terra...