Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When we make up our minds we have as much faith and courage as our fathers. . . . We are willing to fight. . . . But we are determined that our sacrifices shall not be made in vain...
...Speaker's gavel banged in vain as Mike Edelstein said his say. "All men are created equal, regardless of race, creed or color, and whether a man be Jew or Gentile, he may think what he deems...
While immigration authorities, moving with unaccustomed speed, made ready to hear his case this week, Nazi officials protested in vain against their No. 1 agent's arrest. In Berlin, Nazi spokesmen said Dr. Rieth had had no "official" connection with the German Government for seven years. In Washington, the German Embassy said he had resigned from the diplomatic service four years ago. In Manhattan, Dr. Hans Borchers, German Consul General, demanded bail for Dr. Rieth, was firmly refused...
Authorities, disturbed by the prank, attempted in vain to track down the perpertrators, but remarked that it must have been pretty expensive, probably costing around $20. They suspected that at least five men had taken part in the trick...
...incoherent lecture muffled by his towel-sized handkerchief. Invariably there is a periodical clothes-adjusting campaign, ranging from shoe lacing to shirt buttoning. The closing five minutes bring a cessation of the vaudeville and a sudden turn to sweeping phrases in Greek, Latin, Arabic and occasionally English, in a vain attempt to tie together the lost lecture...