Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...warmth of affection practised by the knights and poets of Elizabeth's reign demanded protestation, an art in which the modern world is deficient. It is an art, however vain, which might restore some fragment of joy and courtesy to Vanity Fair, the only permanent institution on earth. In "A Handful of Pleasant Delights", we see the art practised with simplicity and fervor of soul, too honest and optimistically tussling with versification for the polished and invidious grace of the sonneteers Or at least it is so in the following superb example, which merits instant acceptance as the literal truth...
...sorts of remedies have been tried. Eating of human flesh was once advocated with the result that lepers stole and devoured children in vain...
...game gave the spectators few thrills. The University quintet took a commanding early lead, and the visitors' scoring threats were in the main ineffectual. Captain Blackmer, the Williams leader, despite a recent appdendicitis operation, entered the lineup in a vain effort to stem the tide of defeat. He caged four free throws, but Rudofsky's guarding prevented him from scoring from the floor...
...also a few newly rich who remember the poor, but the most of the possessors of Germany's gigantic fortunes have done nothing to alleviate the distress of their country. Names that all over the world are regarded as symbols for German wealth will be sought in vain on subscriptions for charitable purposes...
...High Official of the Banque de France (speaking of the alleged ?AngloGerman attempt to drive France to inflation) : "This is a vain hope. To whatever measures France is obliged to resort in order to complete her reconstruction, she will never imitate Germany. France is a rich country, in full prosperity, and will find her way out of the present financial difficulties. The urgent thing to be done now is to prevent the people at home and abroad from speculating on those difficulties...