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The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders.

“It is the same all the way through. Charming descriptions of mountain goats and ibexes! Blooming edelweiss and cute babies! This is not poetry. Where is the suffering? The torment? The thwarted dreams?”

Just like the wee mousie in the poem by Mr. Robert Burns, it seemed as if Penelope’s best-laid plans were being thwarted at every turn.

Their work repairing the site from Russian strikes is routinely thwarted by fresh attacks, as Moscow hits the country's power network with record intensity.

While exchanges and regulators have taken steps to thwart potential market manipulation attached to such stocks, new companies continue to list.