Word: vaines
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Many in higher education argue that the nature of the subject being studied is irrelevant—critical thinking skills can be developed as long as the material is presented in the right way. While this may be true, it does not justify these vain attempts to derive meaning out of that which is meaningless. However much Gregg may argue on behalf of Lil’ Kim’s artistic relevance, the bottom line is that he’s wasting his student’s intellectual abilities on the lyrics of someone who became famous largely because...
...pounds and guineas/ But not your heart away… But I was one-and-twenty/ No use to talk to me.” Then there is a stanza break, and: “‘The heart out of the bosom/ Was never given in vain;/ ’Tis paid with sighs a plenty/ And sold for endless rue.’/ And I am two-and-twenty,/ And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true.” It was all there, our overwrought, blinding grief, our callowness, our heartbreak that...
...into Princeton territory before a fourth-and-20 situation sent junior punter Mike King out on the field with a chance to pin the Tigers deep. But junior Erik Grimm’s snap flew a good two feet over King’s head as he tried in vain to get a hand on the ball. It bounced behind him past midfield where Tiger defensive back J.J. Artis fell on it at the Crimson 35 to put Princeton in striking distance of the endzone...
...government supporting the murderous terrorism of a gang of Arab militants. The loss of life on 9/11 should not be denigrated, but nearly one hundred times as many lives have been lost in this genocide than on 9/11. While we have been spending billions of dollars looking in vain for weapons of mass destruction, we have been overlooking mass destruction itself...
...Coalition, and whipping Howard supporters into a joyous fervor. At the Liberal Party's function at an upmarket central Sydney hotel on Saturday night, an exultant Howard struggled to contain the crowd's noisy praise. "You beauty!" went up the shout after the Prime Minister called in vain for quiet. "You bloody beauty...