Word: vaines
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...show me now that I would not be killed in vain...
...responsibility to the rest of humanity and their experience far outweighs profound specialization, an ultimately vain search. Indeed, the society's demands complicate themselves faster as specialized skills are developed to deal with the complications. Specialization is a tool that deals only with fragments. This world is not yet so shattered...
...Gdansk sang the traditional Communist anthem, the Internationale. Soon the march was swelled by hundreds of housewives, students and other Gdansk citizens, equally incensed by the price increases. By the time the column reached party headquarters, it was 20,000 strong. It was also out of control. In vain, police pleaded with the demonstrators to halt. In reply, the crowd hurled homemade fire bombs at the headquarters building and the nearby Gdansk railroad station. When firemen arrived to douse the flames, they were beaten back. Police opened fire on the demonstrators-only to turn anger into a terrible frenzy. Crying...
...hangs on in Paris, most Basque nationalists are moderates who have long since abandoned their 19th century dreams of secession and now hope instead for a degree of autonomy. Under Franco, who has not forgotten how the Basques fought him during the 1936-39 civil war, that hope is vain...
...political lesson to be learned from the disruption trials is a simple one, that sometimes the show of force and the long, hard fight are in vain, and the true battle would have been won by a little restraint. Be a nice, good boy, and you'll get a lighter sentence. Which in this case, is what it was all about...