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...Stanley matched McClure's performance out of the Boston bullpen, but to no avail...
Attempts to move on Washington with a power 20 at 1000 meters and an early high cadence sprint at 1500 meters were to no avail. In the last 200 meters when cox Chris Boit called for a further, last-ditch increase in the cadence his exhausted rowers could not respond...
This year, when the new proposal was released, ERG and CUE again made valid objections, many of which are described below. Once again, however, student attempts at input seem to be to no avail...
...ever done. Finch pushed a bill through the jealous and suspicious Mississippi Senate allowing him to serve two back-to-back four-year terms. In the past, Mississippi governors have perenially pleaded to the state's legislative bodies to pass a constitutional amendment permitting gubernatorial succession, but to no avail--despite the fact that these governors proved they had no ulterior motives by adding clauses insuring that the amendment would only affect future governors, not themselves. Suddenly, Finch is succeeding where the others failed, while not for one minute attempting to coneal the opportunistic calculation behind the move...
...most galling aspect of the week for the Administration was the continuing sour reaction of business to the President's program. As disappointed White House staffers point out, much of the budget and the tax program was especially tailored to please businessmen -but to little avail. Says one aide bitterly: "Business is acting like the kid who after opening 15 presents Christmas morning turns around and asks, 'Is that...