The Old Courthouse, where Dred Scott sued in vain for his freedom in 1847, still stands.
Traditionalists looked in vain for the kleroterion, however: a personal computer drew the sample instead.
The couple had tried to get pregnant in vain for five years until Dion underwent in-vitro fertilization.
But drivers stuck in traffic are reluctant to leave the highway and possibly wait in vain for passengers.
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Colin Hodge missed an open goal deep into injury time as Forfar pushed in vain for an equaliser.
With 17 minutes remaining, Graham crossed for McArthur to head over as Accies searched in vain for a leveller.
Stephen Myler's late penalty proved to be in vain for the English visitors.
Except for the occasional small oil and gas find in its early years, Israel has searched in vain for energy.
All he did was work in the souks, the old markets of Aleppo, waiting in vain for the tourists to come back.
Walter Samuel also denied Florent Malouda and Chelsea appealed in vain for a penalty when Motta tangled with Branislav Ivanovic after a corner.
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But as the visitors pushed in vain for a bonus point, Clermont's Napolioni Nalaga crashed over to send Brendan Venter's side home empty-handed.
And Apoel took early advantage as Marcin Zewlakow stole in to strike after only six minutes as Chelsea appealed in vain for offside.
Left to their own devices, economists will struggle in vain for a final, self-contained answer to what is, at root, a political question.
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The LPGA Corning Classic president Jack Benjamin told the offficial Tour Web site www.lpatour.com that they had searched in vain for new sponsors.
Amauri was sent off following a goalmouth melee as the game went deep into injury-time with Juve searching in vain for an equalizer.
It is as if she is searching in vain for a bygone place and time made of equal parts persistent human enterprise and epic human tragedy.
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Stephen Warnock's long ball dropped behind Joleon Lescott, and Santa Cruz slid a simple finish past Howard as Everton appealed in vain for offside.
The most prominent Sunni Arab partner in Mr Allawi's government, the Iraqi Islamic Party, pulled out of the race after calling in vain for a delay.
It's a poignant return to form for a band whose comeback warrants celebration, even as Finn seems to be searching in vain for the meaning behind it.
Comcast earnings brought in the day Wednesday, as the cable provider showed that its recent acquisition of NBC Universal was not in vain for a disappearing subscriber.
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He offers considerable detail on the milestones toward the decision -- and yet readers will search in vain for the actual moment at which the decision occurred.
With the Enyimba defence waiting in vain for the offside flag, Zitouni found himself unmarked in the six-yard area but headed over the bar from close range.
But for a year now, class-action lawyers, attorneys general, reporters, and housing advocates have searched in vain for multitudes of wronged homeowners and have come up largely empty-handed.
But over a long summer and autumn of Republican events - the convention, rallies, meetings in diners and homes - I searched in vain for any sign of them.
And you will scour the business manifesto in vain for the briefly-fashionable stakeholder model of business which Mr Blair flirted with as his own big idea just 15 months ago.
Burkina Faso midfielder Wilfried Benjamin Balima headed the opener four minutes before halftime, while Franca Jymmy sealed victory deep into injury-time as Steve McClaren's side pressed in vain for an equalizer.
Since the departure of Gov. George Pataki four years ago, New York Republicans have been searching in vain for a charismatic figure who might restore the party to power in Albany.
Our community organizer waits in vain for his share.
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Walking through the halls for two hours was like marching through a desert, searching in vain for a flowing spring of argument or works that would enliven my sense of the period.
The Obama administration has strongly condemned the Syrian government's violence against its own citizens but it seems to have sought in vain for any real levers with which to influence the Assad regime.
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