Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...likely--Algeria gains its independence, then seven terrible years will have been in vain, and there will be angry popular reaction. The French government which frees Algeria must be able to withstand the ensuing political storms; and even the enemies of Charles le Grand concede that he is France's only present alternative to rule by the extreme right...
...also passed better than any Crimson quarterback in at least four years. With experience, he will be very, very good.GEORGE EKSTROM (48) starts on the 11-yard jaunt that gave Cornell its second touchdown of the afternoon. The Crimson's JIM NELSON (35) and BERT MESSENBAUGH try In vain to stop Ekstrom, a sprinter on the Big Red track team. No one laid a hand on the rapid halfback on his scoring burst. In all he gained 23 yards on just two rushes. The scoring sweep was the climax of a drive that covered 80 yards in 15 plays. Cornell...
Lance Larson of the University of Southern California took second according to the judges' decision, although three timers clocked him ahead of Devitt. U.S. officials protested the decision, but in vain. Manuel Dos Santos of Brazil was third...
This year U.S. corporations plan to spend 10.7% more for development of new products and processes, according to an American Management Association survey. The legendary starving inventor, trying in vain to get a hearing for his brainchild, is no more; he can hardly get any inventing done today for all the eager customers beating a pathway to his door, or corporations trying to hire him. Last week in Los Angeles, as in many another U.S. city, a task force set up by the Chamber of Commerce was out hunting down new inventions, forearmed with a list of manufacturers anxious...
...usual, Moscow's motives were hard to fathom. Noting that the Soviets had previously tried in vain to get Argentina...