Word: vaines
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...spent most of his adult life on college campuses, teaching and writing: poems, critical essays, reviews, a novel (Pictures from an Institution), translations and children's books. His visible eccentricities were mild. He appeared vain about his looks. As a young man, he turned himself out like a river boat gambler, slim, dark, natty and sporting a pencil mustache; in his late 30s he raised a bushy, patriarchal beard. When he was excited, his high, piercing voice had a tendency to rise in volume and exaggerate his Tennessee twang. For the most part, though, he kept his inner fires banked...
...hopes of delivering them, Broadway's veteran creators have devised a variety of strategies, all in vain this season. Some say the trick is to scale back the shows and their costs. But Quilters, a genial bit of Americana, lasted only 24 performances. Some advocate looking for a beloved story, but The Three Musketeers managed only nine performances. Some call for a celebration of show biz itself, but Harrigan 'n Hart, a tribute to two founding fathers of the modern musical, barely lasted a week. Some call for presold songs, performed in low-key review style, but Leader...
...Lake City, Utah-- based weight-loss-supplement maker Basic Research, last year tallied an estimated $60 million in sales, almost double the sales that a new skin-care product typically generates in its first year in U.S. department stores, according to NPD, a market-research firm. Clearly, for every vain soul who has undergone a dermatological procedure, there are thousands more as concerned about wrinkles but squeamish about needles. As Klein-Becker's marketing director Gina Gay puts it, "There are people who don't want injections...
...checkpoint, who shot at the car taking her to the airport after her release; in Baghdad. Nicola Calipari, an intelligence officer who had negotiated her release, was killed in trying to protect her. Pentagon officials said the soldiers had not been informed of the release and had signaled in vain for the car to stop. U.S. President George W. Bush expressed "regret" for the attack, while a stunned Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said, "We were turned to stone," by the news. "We must have an explanation for such a serious incident, for which someone must take responsibility...
...soldiers guarding a checkpoint, who fired at the car ferrying her to safety after her release; in Baghdad. Nicola Calipari, an intelligence officer who had negotiated her release, was killed trying to protect her. Pentagon officials said the soldiers had not been told of the release and signaled in vain for the car to stop. Though President Bush expressed regret, a stunned Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said, "We were turned to stone" by the news. "We must have an explanation for such a serious incident, for which someone must take responsibility...