To say that Congress may withdraw or ignore that pledge is to assume that the Constitution contemplates a vain promise, a pledge having no other sanction than the pleasure and convenience of the pledgor.
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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 members of the group, which includes an urbane young doctor, a vain and verbose prosecutor, a Gogol-esque clerk with a laptop computer, and a punctilious military officer standing guard, grow increasingly irritable as they slog through lonely and uninviting terrain.
On a day when thousands of people around the world are preparing to explain how a web cam works to elderly relatives in a vain attempt to wish them a merry Christmas, some may just go straight to the old-fashioned use of a telephone.
"I'm vain to a certain degree, " he said when asked about the photo.
With 17 minutes remaining, Graham crossed for McArthur to head over as Accies searched in vain for a leveller.
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.
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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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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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.
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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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.
As Fatah radio called on fighters to confront Hamas militants and broadcasts from Hamas fighters urged their Fatah foes to abandon their posts or face death, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appealed in vain for a cease-fire.
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That might be partially true, and admittedly what I used to think sheltering under an umbrella on a London street corner waiting (in vain) for a free taxi, but there is more going on.
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It is likely to be a vain exercise: unnecessary if the downturn is mild, but insufficient to deal with a truly dire mess.
The central government in Bamako, which had been democratically elected, was overthrown in a military coup on March 22nd in the vain hope of preventing a northern takeover.
UPS, and have struggled in vain to gain a foothold in Mr Smith's firm.
Since April the pace of appreciation has been much reduced, in a vain effort to discourage speculators.
The Philippines' Mrs Arroyo has in vain suggested holding a crisis summit of the Asian countries on its margins.
It tells of a strange child's forlorn travels through the universe after quitting his native planet, B-612, to escape a vain, capricious rose.
More and more rural areas are being buried under concrete in a vain attempt to tackle congestion on motorways and other major routes.
The Fed faces a very dangerous tradeoff: risk higher inflation by expanding the monetary base (currency plus bank reserves) in a vain attempt to lower unemployment.
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And on January 30th, Thailand eased the exchange controls put in place last May in a vain effort to protect the value of its currency, the baht.
Trying to take all of this in, I walk out to Hut Point, the location of Scott's still-intact hut, hoping in vain to see a penguin or two.
Still open is the question of whether the injunction against Corley, or the fight against DeCSS itself, is not a vain struggle in the face of inevitable change.
Rush, with his baritonal amplitude and fondness for mock pomp, makes the actor a vain, hollow man, grasping at something that he knows has eluded him his entire life.
Cities like these are in fiscal trouble because the government (both local and state) spends more than it takes in and then raises taxes in a vain effort to make up the difference.
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After a vain and castigated bid to force the Bundesbank to revalue its gold reserves and pay over part of the book profit, the government is now mulling over painful new spending cuts.
It did not prove an expensive miss, but there were further problems for Ponting in the final session as he rotated his bowlers in a vain attempt to break the partnership between Kallis and Prince.
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