Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...next clue lay in the cross's 108 figures and more than 60 inscriptions in Latin and Greek, mostly serving an ugly propaganda purpose. Rather than celebrate Christ's ascension, hexameters such as "synagogue falls after vain and stupid effort," rail against Christ's "assassins." The Jews, shown in the conical caps that they wore in medieval times, jostle and mock Christ. The placard over the missing figure of Christ reads "Jesus of Nazareth King of the Confessors" instead of "Jews." And it is written in backwards Latin rather than properly in Hebrew, to emphasize rejection...
...adopted country's troubles was "the Zionists, who through their trusts and monopolies are carrying out their program for world exploitation. My father fought those who are suffering from the international Zionist conspiracy." Added Horst: "On this anniversary, I want to remember that he did not die in vain...
...audience began to leave long before she did, but she finally stalked off, leaving the orchestra to play her signature, Over the Rainbow, again and again in a vain attempt to get her back. The next day Judy's manager explained that she was suffering from an allergy that made it necessary for her to spray her throat continually, and she was whisked into an airplane for Sydney so fast that her feet barely touched the ground. There was time, though, to kiss one reporter on the mouth and answer another's question about whether she thought...
...overthrow, he was arrested and tried for murder, illegal arrests and corruption; he was sentenced to die three weeks ago. Concerned that the execution might tarnish the image of Saigon's U.S.-supported government, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge appealed to the regime for clemency, but in vain. The government's only gesture of mercy was to allow Can to face a firing squad rather than die under the guillotine...
...Christina came down from Radcliffe to open Sweden's. Jacqueline Kennedy and Daughter Caroline, with the late President's sister, Mrs. Stephen Smith and her two young sons, made a tour of eleven fun spots, lunched at the members-only Terrace Club, where the children begged in vain for hot dogs or hamburgers, settled for roast beef...