Word: vaines
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...outside the Coliseum. Michele F., 36, and Roberto L., 28, contend they were caught sharing a passionate kiss; the arresting officers from the carabinieri say they were engaging in oral sex. Defense lawyers have asked for the charges of lewd public acts to be dropped, having sought in vain to get access to footage from nearby security cameras that they say would show the kiss was just a kiss...
...History is not in vain. Not only does it offer memories, but also precedents. And those precedents may continue to make housing crises recur. Perhaps next time a scholar of the 2008 housing meltdown will be Chairman...
...battles to keep women alive. In one such note, a nurse describes a woman, 18, who arrived at the hospital in late July suffering convulsions days after a traditional birth attendant delivered her baby at home. Four days later, the nurse wrote, "All due nursing care rendered but in vain. May her soul rest in peace." Six weeks later, I find the woman's father sitting outside the tiny family home atop an escarpment that overlooks Freetown. Holding the newborn baby, he says his daughter gave birth at home because "the terrain is too rough to reach the hospital...
...Smartcards passed the test. The Through-the-Pocket Test The Challenge: Perhaps the greatest advantage of these new Smartcards will be watching your fellow Housemates hump the new card readers furiously to open doors without taking their cards out of their pockets. But will their humping be in vain? The Result: Hump away! The Through-the Wallet Test The Challenge: In a similar vein to the previous challenge, will backing your derrière into the card reader only result in failed entry? The Result: Back that thang...
...billions of dollars that power television drug advertisements may have been spent in vain, according to a study released by Harvard Medical School...