Word: vainly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...took in defending Korea." Higham drew academic giggles with a parody on the Aeneid that recalled Truman's 1948 upset victory over Dewey: "Heu vatum igname mentes! Quid vota repulsum, quid promissa iuvant? Tua quid praesagia, Gallup?" (Carefree translation: The seers saw not your defeat, poor soul-vain prayers, vain promises, vain Gallup poll!) Lauding his modesty, Higham quoted Truman's supposed resume of his first day's activity after returning to Independence in 1953: "Cistas ego viatorias sub tegulas retuli." (Approximately: I took the suitcases up to the attic...
...varsity gathered its forces for the Yale game, rolling over Indiana and Brown, while the freshmen, led by Ticknor, Gilligan, and Batchelder, remained undefeated. But all was in vain for Crimson Coach Horween's forces. The next Monday, the Crimson ran this stirring head: "Mighty Blue Juggernaut Tears Through Crimson Defense For Smashing 14-0 Victory." '31 salvaged some of the day by edging out the Bulldogs, 6 to 0, on Batchelder's touchdown to remain undefeated and to give some hope for the future...
...matter is," said the gazelle, "that our pastures are too far from here. We spend half the day on our journey to them. We have complained everywhere, but in vain. What sort of a concern for the voice of the working people is this...
...years later the first signs of decomposition were noted. By this week it was clear that Rivera's mural was a wash out. Mexico's National Restoration Institute, after six months of vain attempts to save it, announced that it was abandoning the rapidly deteriorating mural to the ravages of running water and sediment. Rivera, in seclusion in Acapulco, was unavailable for discussion of the decision. But old rival and fellow Communist, David Siqueiros, was glad to oblige: "When Diego started painting this mural, I told him that polystyrene, like any other paint, was not going to resist...
...mythical as things become stabilized an according to unwritten law which ten to assert once and for all the supremacy of Nordics, of whites over blacks, of Protestants over all the rest--each ethnic group owes it to itself to prove its often imaginary purity. The government has in vain stepped up publication of its propaganda posters and buses shows three new-born babies, with the inscription "Just born all Americans. Do not poison