Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of these United States, is everlasting in the memory of his countrymen, for on the battleground at Gettysburg this is what he said: He said: "That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion: that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain;

VOA: special.2011.02.07

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation,under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people,for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

VOA: special.2009.11.12

"But I hope that the love that people have shown will make you know he didn't live in vain,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.07

Because just the knowledge that what you are doing isn't in vain, because its being noticed,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

called Northern Lights, who perform the Bob Marley classic, "Waiting In Vain."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

America's true unemployment rate may, in fact,be higher than the number provided by the Labor Department, which does not include people who searched for work in vain and have given up, or those who settled for part-time work.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02