Word: vaines
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...central administrators struggle to fix the system, they must work with the faculties to mend broken lines of communication. And they must convince faculty and staff that the $112 million being spent on Project ADAPT is not in vain...
Professor of Law Randall L. Kennedy urged crowd members to make sure that Diallo's death was not in vain...
...study of such a vitally formative period in American history. Corrupting bias comes as much from the defenders of right as from revisionists and apologists. In a very real sense much of the human tragedy of the Civil War and the great suffering of slavery have been in vain if memory is corrupted and distorted for political ends...
...years, students have been clamoring in vain for a student center, a center for student-group offices and recreational activity that could help unify an increasingly socially fragmented student body. However, Harvard seems unlikely to build such a center on campus in the near future, or to buy or renovate another building for this purpose. Yet if the University is already considering a substantial renovation of the Inn at Harvard, it would be foolish for the students not to seize this opportunity...
...Although Mailer often appears reckless and on the cutting edge of society, most of his exploits appear to be vain attempts to attract attention or to escape an inferiority complex. He seems consumed by a constant drive to prove his masculinity and assert his sexuality. In addition, Dearborn details Mailer's substance abuse, from alcohol to marijuana to prescription pills. In addition, and some would say as a result, Mailer had trouble establishing positive relationships with women. He hardly endeared himself to feminists with lines like "I like to marry women whom I can beat once in a while...