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...plane windows became sunglasses against the snow glare. On a transistor radio hooked up to the plane's only working battery, they heard that a search had begun. When a plane appeared overhead, they flashed pieces of aluminum from the wreckage to signal it. The effort was in vain; the wrecked fuselage was white and invisible against the snow. On the eighth day they heard that the search had been abandoned until the snow thawed...
Such efforts seem likely to be undertaken. Louisiana's Senator Russell Long, one of the amendment's sponsors, tried in vain to get Congress to underwrite the cost of treating all catastrophic illness. But with kidney disease as a precedent, Congress may have a hard time withstanding the pressure of other medical lobbies who demand subsidized treatment of such illnesses as hemophilia, multiple sclerosis and heart disease...
PRINCETON CORNELL -- The great Hoby Baker rolled over in his grave this fall, and Princeton's 1922. Team of Destiny has to live with its memories Dick Kazamaier sadly shakes his head, and Cosmo Jaccavazzi can only dream back to the days of the single wing. For Princeton vain Princeton will see its worst team in 25 years go down to defeat once again today Cornell...
...humiliation of George McGovern at the polls November 7 1972 was one of the greatest tragedies in American history the Senator was not a vain man. He always spoke of himself as a symbol of respect for human life throughout the world and justice in America. He "consistently saw himself as subordinate to the great cause for which he tought...
Provided gullibility to the flash of the city is another traditional literary motif, and Gegal exploits it to the hill. The townspeople strain to believe that the vain, petulant, but eminently purchaseable (and therefore not so terrifying after all) dandy is a real inspector general. At the same time Khlestakov screams with fear that these locals are going to incarcerate him in their jail. But Khlestakov and his manservant Osip, are the ones who group the situation and take advantage of the confusion. Eventually, all of the feuding factions are victimized by the liar from the city...