Word: vaines
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...branch. The top panel depicts a gray storm cloud with a bit of sun peeking from behind it. The orderliness of the lawn suggests that Stella, the old woman, is attempting to control her life. Stella stares at the lone leaf, which represents her fate, in a vain attempt to master it. Its lengthy distance from Stella may point to her inability to control every aspect of her life. The storm cloud represents the things that threaten the fragile leaf, the things that threaten Stella’s destiny. Stella looks to the cloud, but, even more so than...
...everyone in bin Laden's group has been as crafty. Another financial deputy, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, allegedly tried in vain to buy nuclear materials on the black market, was arrested in 1998 in Munich and extradited on conspiracy charges to the U.S., where he has pleaded not guilty and is still awaiting trial. He told interrogators that the only reason he had visited Germany and more than 20 other countries in the previous four years was to find a new wife...
...planning to become an expatriate. Disillusioned by an election in which my vote didn't truly count and a political system fraught with hypocrisy, I hoped to teach in Europe or elsewhere--anywhere but here. And then everything changed. Those victims of the terrorist attacks did not die in vain. But the cowards who perpetrated these monstrous deeds did: instead of weakening a country, they strengthened it; instead of destroying the steel beams of our spirit, they fortified them; instead of dividing us, they have united us. COREY CHAPMAN Los Angeles...
...laugh and poke you with his fingers. But I also know that he can’t defend himself, only adding insult to injury. He’ll never be able to thank my mom for her devotion or prove to her that her time was not spent in vain. He’ll never be able to show people he is so much more than just a victim of the Vietnam War. He’ll never be able to teach people what he’s taught me: that the bonds of family mean everything; that muffled grunts...
...Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight?) to the fighting odes of the South (?Oh I?m a Good Old Rebel?). Civil War-era songs such as ?When This Cruel War Is Over?(1863) still have a melancholy resonance even today: ?Weeping, sad and lonely, hopes and fears, how vain!/ When this cruel war is over praying then to meet again/ When the summer breeze is sighing, mournfully along/ Or when autumn leaves are falling, sadly breathes this song...