Word: vaines
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...don’t think it was all in vain,” says Lewis. “At least it forced members to think about how the club is perceived...
...successfully fooled Harvard students into forming the words “We Suck” with white and crimson signs. But this year, while spirited Harvard students ran around the stadium clutching Yale’s bulldog mascot “Handsome Dan,” Yalies waited in vain to hear self-deprecating cheers of “We Suck.” The origins of the prank are unknown, though Yale freshman Brooks Swett suspects the messages were sent to every Harvard student with a cell phone number listed on the facebook.com. But anecdotal evidence suggests this method...
...think men have long been concerned with their appearance. Perhaps the phenomenon we're witnessing is that the average Asian male rather than becoming increasingly vain is merely being more open about that vanity. And now that Asian men have better access to floral shirts and facials, they probably feel it's now acceptable?even good?to admit that they want that improved access. I've seen my male friends head out to buy pink shirts. It's all an assertion of masculinity. At least in Singapore, men want to put across the message, "I'm too confident...
...resistance is completely believable in MacFadyen’s reserved delivery. I am hard-pressed to think of a more tender moment in recent cinema than when MacFadyen’s hardened character finally does melt and confesses to Elizabeth the classic words, “In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” The youth and charm of the protagonists makes them entirely relatable to the college audience; Jane and Elizabeth’s bedtime...
...submit to the sweetness of my charming chords,” sang Musique in the opening of “Les Plaisirs.” In her role as the vain and self-important Musique who holds the rest of the court as her captive audience when she sings, Annelisa H. Pedersen ’06 convincingly lets her lungs rip to emit a smooth tone, revealing a refined vocal technique...