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Yet all the attention would seem to have been in vain.
Gates had some reason to think Jobs' mission was worthless.
Billions of dollars have been spent on long-range weather forecasting, but it is a fool's errand.
I made effort on effort, though in vain: meantime, I was mortally afraid of its trampling fore-feet.
I shall be only too grateful to them for taking a very difficult and thankless job off my hands.
In response, companies have tried desperately to prop up revenues using a variety of promotions, advertising and other marketing ploys, often to no avail.
To make the merger (AOL and Time Warner) work for investors... will be like pushing a boulder up an Alp.
They tried to rally the pound sterling but in vain.
They tried to rally the pound sterling but in vain.