Word: vainly
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...exciting in America, though, is that we, as a global tribe, can use those feelings to transform this world. I don’t mean we don’t want justice, but this is such a wake-up call. Let us not have what happened be in vain. We have to use the inspiration of this film...
Dying to Tell the Story casts Amy and Kathy Eldon as modern-day Cassandras. The film shows the enormity of the task of pushing horrific events past public apathy and into a public consciousness. Journalists tried in vain to raise concern about Afghanistan and the Taliban. “I’ve gone back to Afghanistan every year, but have been totally unsuccessful in achieving a result,” said Mavroleon in a chillingly portentous segment of the film...
...saxophone, or as we like to say, the saxamaphone.) The above responses are in descending order according to frequency, which suggests that many of my peers subscribe to the view of the Band as a random, unintelligible collection of social misfits who follow the football team around in the vain hope of achieving significance. It also means that they have no idea why something that seems so silly would appeal to me, or how it could mean so much...
With the score 4-2, Harvard started scrambling, trying in vain to catch up. The rest of the game was physical, with the Tigers refusing to give into the Crimson’s pressure...
Ensuring that the defense’s efforts are not in vain, the Harvard offense has struck early and often, scoring eight goals in the past two games. On the year, the Crimson has outscored opponents 13 to one in the first half...