Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thoughtfully again Lincoln's Gettysburg Address." Whatever thoughts Abraham Lincoln's had on the subject of War Memorials cannot dedicate...consecrate...hallow this ground...It is for us, the living rather, to be dedicated...to the great task remaining before us...that these dead shall not have died in vain...
...contention that the forces of New Dealism were gathering ominously to prevent him from being re-elected--thereby undermining the whole system of parliamentary government. When the CIO Political Action Committee was formed in early 1944, he sought in vain to connect it with the Administration. The PAC was not only legal, but it made things so hot for Dies down in Texas that he decided not to try for another term. Glumly muttering imprecations, he "retired," and his fellow-southerner, John Rankin, took over...
...story contrasts the characters and careers of a detective and a crook, both born in poor New York Italian families. The detective (Victor Mature) is reasonably intelligent, persistent, brave and ill-paid. The criminal (Richard Conte) is shrewd, unregenerate, reckless, vain, easy with the money and the girls. Conceding that the crook is much the more obviously interesting character, the movie grants him the bulk of its attention. But that is all it grants him. Without ever quite getting mealymouthed, it builds up an honest and impressive case against...
...Enterprise Society had an open meeting last week to recruit new members, I went over to hear its officers talk and see if maybe the President's remarks last winter had been brought on, like lots of other comas, by overwork and cold weather. My quest was not in vain. Towards the end of the meeting, the new President, having warmed up with a lot of purely preliminary inanities, cleared his throat and revealed to the assembled multitude that "government is here to stay, to some extent," which is a perfectly-tooled, neatly-cut, sparkling little jewel of simplicity...
...triangular section running from the top half of the midfield section to a few rows of the last sections--had already provoked bitter complaints from students and alumni here. The manager of the Harvard Club of New York reported last night that many members had also tried in vain to procure tickets for the game...