So he has put a tough general in charge of the 10, 000 or so federal troops stationed in the republic, muzzled its voice in the federal parliament, and tried (so far in vain) to silence its annoyingly lively press.
Israeli and Palestinian emissaries have been in Washington meeting American officials separately to look for a way forward so far in vain.
Both Adani and Palmer have been trying, so far in vain, to get exclusive rail and port linkages.
That he has so far waited in vain indicates the coalition's doubts about the motives and capabilities of such commanders.
The difference, however, is that Scrushy was beloved by the people of Birmingham, Ala, while Lay and Skilling are vilified in Houston, so much that the defense tried in vain to move the trial to another city.
Some of these were contained electronically so much of the shredding was in vain.
The natural advantages which one country has over another in producing particular commodities are sometimes so great that it is acknowledged by all the world to be in vain to struggle with them.
"The family would like to have justice be served, so that Mark's death is not in vain, " she said at a rally at the march's end.
Furious Republicans tried in vain to prevent the Democrats from naming another candidate so close to election day.
"My dear child is dead, and all I want now is justice so I can close my eyes and know she didn't die in vain, " the mother, Syeda Mohammed Ali, told CNN.
And my husband would like to see this through, so that they - those folks weren't wounded or that they didn't die in vain.
The Army, ever-secretive and rightly mistrustful of other government agencies, had not informed the governor, the mayor, the state police, the municipal police, or the federal police of its plans, so Guadalajarans huddled in their homes and workplaces, phoning and e-mailing one another, waiting in vain for advisories or information from the government as the sky filled with black smoke and the city rang with sirens.
Not so for Owens, and there are no second chances for Cathedral either, even though the school is hoping (in vain) that the state athletic association will overturn the penalty.
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