Word: fruitlessness
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Consider this my penance. About a year ago, I subjected readers of this column to 600 words of woe, detailing my frustrating--and ultimately fruitless--online search for a holiday getaway. This year I've cleaned up my act by cutting out the whining and focusing on real solutions. First I homed in on a single goal: figuring out how to get great deals on flights. Then I recruited a crack panel of experts--everyone from Travelocity CEO Terrell Jones to CheapTickets vice president Ron McElfresh--to help me ferret out the best insider tricks. Finally I torture-tested their...
...much of a happy-ending feeling he might engender if he swallowed hard and simply declared the hand counts a fruitless use of the nation's time...
Chen's first and last games as a Quaker ended in triumph over the Crimson. No matter how much pain he endured during three years and 27 fruitless Ivy games, the senior captain now has 90 minutes of memories that will last him a lifetime...
Toward the final whistle, the Crimson made numerous fruitless attempts to tie the score. In the last minute, Sugarman and George both had shots on goal. But time ran out too soon as Harvard added to its four-game losing streak...
While Hagelin's efforts are not fruitless, his political capital does not seem like it will place him anywhere in the headlines the morning after the Nov. 7 election...