Word: vaines
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...reality. The clarity of his perception is stunning, as the various characters of the book unfold their complex metaphysical relationships. Long passages describing intense self-scrutiny hold the reader in an almost morbid fascination, until he must be relieved at the end to see Honda give up his vain attempts at understanding...
...flirted with suicide one night in Mozambique by swimming out to sea. Unlike Evelyn Waugh, whose attempt to drown himself was foiled by a sting from a jellyfish, Muggeridge simply turned back to shore "without thinking or deciding." Through it all, he affects to find his younger self as vain and misguided as the rest of mankind...
...opposing Jaworski's petition for bypassing the appeals court, Presidential Consultant Charles Alan Wright agreed that the issues were "exceedingly important" but argued in vain that this only meant that the dispute must "be decided wisely" rather than "hurriedly." Warning against any "rush to judgment," Wright's brief cited the irritation of the Justices when they were pushed into quicker than normal decisions. In one instance, a "rushed decision" was later reconsidered by the court and changed. The Justices, however, apparently saw an overriding public duty to act with dispatch this time. Another consideration: the court would have...
...profanity a valuable form of emotional release with "no moral meaning." In a press conference, Cleary said that he could not endorse that view: "I would be standing up against Moses if I did ... 'Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain...
...targets. A recent Troy article on graft in the awarding of state building contracts reeks with outrage: "Spending a weekend reading the transcript from the Oklahoma County grand jury is like being trapped in a sewer for two days. Pustules of corruption sear your senses and you search in vain for some escape from the smothering putrefaction...