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...curdling scream" for the show, women have been barred from performing in the Pudding since its inception 151 years ago. Women have tried to be cast in the nationally recognized show--Winsome Brown '95 dressed herself up as "Nicholas Pettibone" in 1993 to audition for a part--to no avail...
...continued to fight for possession, but to no avail. The Crimson dominated the puck in the offensive zone, forcing Cornell goaltender Alanna Hayes to make 17 saves in the first period alone...
...girls stroll around the store for a while, trying to evade suspicion with their artificial nonchalance, but to no avail. Just as they think they're home free, the man in the yellow sweatshirt saunters down the ramp to the front door and politely requests that they follow him back inside...
...less attractive for us to go to a trade dispute on," admits USTR spokesman Jay Ziegler, referring to Lindner's political connections. "But the fact is, the banana dispute has evolved into a crucial test" of the enforceability of rulings by the World Trade Organization, which, to no avail, ordered the E.U. to drop its banana restrictions by Jan. 1. Rising concern about the U.S. trade deficit--up 50% in 1998 and expected to rise as much as 80% in 1999--has critics clamoring. Last month Senate majority leader Trent Lott, in a letter to President Clinton, warned...
...Howard immediately realized that using that word was a big mistake. The black guy he was talking to was sure he'd used the N word. Howard tried to explain that niggardly is a legitimate word meaning 'miserly' and has no racial connotation, to no avail. In a flash everybody in city hall thought Howard had called the black worker a you-know-what...