Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...case dragged on and on. One judge, intimidated by Communist threats, quit in mid-hearing. At the mosque the Moslem devout tried in vain to ignore the clangor of Red ribaldry outside as they prayed. Life-size pictures of Stalin, Voroshilov and Indonesia's Red Boss D. N. Aidit were plastered on the mosque's walls. Then came the final outrage. In the room behind the coffee shop, the Communists installed prostitutes, even let them wash up in the sacred pool reserved for ceremonial ablutions. "If this sickening thing is permitted to go on," stormed one member...
...Crimson's sharp passing gave way to vain booting as hard-fought play ranged aimlessly up and down the field. They gave up their tight, halfback-dominated game for M.I.T.'s wide-open brand of hopeful longshots and could not handle the underdog's spirited hustle...
...roll them up in a ball. Bob said that was for their winter food"), once observed "a grouse, a muskrat and six deer all in a bunch." The nature lovers encountered a dog, which Lee named Rex. As the second day went by, Lee became weary, pleaded in vain with Bob to take him home...
Spread Thin. A few who have known him for years think that Murrow has grown vain and pompous-an impression that his style also induces in some of his audience. Vanity is an occupational hazard that a performer has to watch as a woman watches her weight. Living in a swirl of hero worship, Murrow is obliged to recall the Murrow-Ain't-God Club. He smokes too much (three packs of Camels a day), is still gnawed by nerves before every broadcast; even in the air-conditioned studio, doing his radio show, he drips sweat and jiggles...
...high as ours and America's three times as high as Europe's. We cannot reach that of America, but we could reach that of Western Europe-if we could reduce armaments and engage in big foreign trade." Communists may ransack the pages of Pravda in vain to find a Mikoyan speech endorsing Khrushchev's economic claims. On this aspect of Khrushchev's policy, says Bialer, Mikoyan is "waiting his time...