Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...starry-eyed young WAVES in front of Schraffts this afternoon. Since this is between replenishment periods, we deduced Radar; was right. Gave them desired directions and they mentioned, (all the while glancing surreptiously at passing uniforms) that there seemed to be possibilities here. Trying in vain to match their eagerness I assented and rushed home in order not to miss second mess...
...salute [the] notable successes of the Yugoslav forces of liberation. . . . [But] I have learned that in some areas . . . certain men are dishonoring the Chetniks and helping the Germans in their vain attempts to subdue the forces of liberation. These men are shamefully betraying the cause of their country and adding to this shame by claiming that their actions have British approval. This declaration is entirely false...
Clearing the Air. No one quarreled with Franklin Roosevelt's happy forecast. Cried Minnesota's Senator Joe Ball: "More than I ever dreamed. . . . An enormous advance. . . ." Said Vermont's Senator Warren Austin: "It gives great hope that our boys are not fighting in vain...
...Tohokai's chief, Nakano forged tight bonds with the Army, outshouted all other jingoists in demands for aggression, became known as "Father of Japan's Fascism." Vain and headstrong, he refused offers of high Government posts (except for a spell as a vice minister); his goal was to rule the Government through his party, through threats, through the clamor of the rabble. Though Cabinets feared and hated him, he never dominated any of them. But as Japan's best-known fascist, he helped to mold the public mind, supplied the Army with totalitarian catchwords, had much...
...them hunt for details in the able exposition of the Secretary of State one week ago. Let them hunt for details in the well-known Fulbright Resolution (see col. one). Let them hunt for greater details in any pronouncement by any other great political party. They will hunt in vain...