"People looked at it as eSpeed's vain attempt to stop their momentum, " says a veteran trader.
In vain has it touted the completed or continuing trials of 111 other defendants.
Some of these were contained electronically so much of the shredding was in vain.
My kids usually pitch in, flipping over sofa cushions, rummaging through their toy box in vain.
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West tried in vain to resuscitate her son as bystanders called 911 for help.
She is not vain about it, but she is not apologetic about it, either.
The Old Courthouse, where Dred Scott sued in vain for his freedom in 1847, still stands.
The residents of the town tried in vain to urge the family back up the estuary.
World War I stood out for its millions of seemingly in vain battlefield deaths.
The ruling seems to mean the bankruptcy filing by Hawkins was largely in vain.
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Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi promised the woman's death would not be "in vain".
ASEAN's carrot and the West's stick that brought this brief but so far vain moment of hope.
After spending his fortune in vain and coming up diamondless, he takes his own life.
Latapy's deflected effort then slipped wide as both sides sought a late winner in vain.
Traditionalists looked in vain for the kleroterion, however: a personal computer drew the sample instead.
Since America itself has rejected it, his efforts seem likely to be in vain.
They called the proceedings unconstitutional and asked, in vain, for more time to prepare their defense.
The alleged accomplice of al-Qaeda rails in vain at the perversity of American justice.
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UPS, and have struggled in vain to gain a foothold in Mr Smith's firm.
All we can hope and pray for is that he hasn't lost his life in vain.
Again and again, she interrupts a good narrative with vain and verbose harangues about corporate strategy.
But, given the swarm of vain consumers out there, hard proof may not be prerequisite for success.
In a vain attempt to put the charges in perspective, Lim called Mahathir's daughter Marina to testify.
The couple had tried to get pregnant in vain for five years until Dion underwent in-vitro fertilization.
Stores hoping to increase loyalty are starting to promote giveaways and improve service, but often in vain.
Since April the pace of appreciation has been much reduced, in a vain effort to discourage speculators.
Officials of the African Union, which brokered the talks in Abuja, remonstrated in vain with the attackers.
You search in vain on both men's shoulders for the chips that typically burden and motivate politicians.
But drivers stuck in traffic are reluctant to leave the highway and possibly wait in vain for passengers.
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While the company failed, I felt that I fought well, and that our death was not in vain.
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