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When it did, on Sept. 11, our preparations were not in vain. The added measures no doubt saved the lives of thousands of people who evacuated safely. Yet to a tragic extent, we had erected defenses against the past. We could not have foreseen the horror and destruction that Cantor Fitzgerald, New York City and our nation would experience. We lost more than anyone could have imagined...
With the referee on the other side of the ice near the Harvard bench and the scorers’ box, Gilligan tried in vain to get the referee’s attention. Unable to do so, Gilligan grabbed a stick and proceeded to hit it against the boards in a seemingly futile effort to be noticed by Dunn...
What Eckert and Woodruff leave us with is an appropriate, salient message in this time of impending war. To paraphrase Ulysses’ intense iteration in the haunting final trio of the show, “For every Hero who comes home, a thousand more die in vain...
...long ago, travelers waited in vain for a room with a pyramid view. These days such rooms are available on short notice at $240 a night for a double room with 3.6-meter ceilings. The walls are covered with teak carved in arabesque patterns and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. From a small private balcony, you can view Cheops' burial place...
...Meanwhile, it's not clear how long Estrada's nomination will stay on the floor, but neither party looks ready to back down. In his radio address last Saturday, President Bush accused Senate Democrats of willfully stalling his nominee "while they search in vain for a reason to reject...