Still, those at the Fed are nothing if not hubristic, and they'll surely try in vain to be ahead of collapsing markets despite their inability to predict them in the past.

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Children of the current generation will be poorer for it if they never get to linger over a vast paper map and then try in vain to fold it back into its original shape.

WSJ: Lost in Our Maps: A History of Cartographic Catastrophes

Waitresses wear tutus and tiaras while their male counterparts try, mostly in vain, to look like Ken, Barbie's on-off squeeze.

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In midfield, Charlton's Nicky Bailey did as much as he could to try to get them promoted - ultimately in vain - but he never gave up and is a player you'd want on your side.

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And a stunning second-half try to put Wigan back in front by full-back Sam Tomkins ultimately proved in vain.

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The rival factions have repeatedly met in vain in the past year, under Egypt's aegis, to try to settle their differences and set up a unity government.

ECONOMIST: Palestinian disunity