Word: aimless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...generous way. But the New Deal will have to state its "philosophy" with greater coherence before that belief can have any practical consequences. Belief in the New Deal, so far as it has been disclosed to us, may mean any number of undirected and unrelated things. It may mean aimless activism, or sentimental sympathy with labour, or sentimental dislike of the rich, or a simple and natural urge to have prosperity once more with us. It may be joined, as it is often joined by men and women outside the colleges, with a pious hope that the President will save...
...objects. A peculiar, unmistakeable howling begins, not so fast and frequent as the yapping and whining of running fits. The dog is still unlikely to bite persons it knows but will soon begin to "run mad." first at any dog it sees, later in a set course (unlike the aimless circling of running fits), snapping silently at anything in its path. Some mad dogs snap so hard they break their teeth and jaws. The final stage is paralysis, coma, death. The normal course of rabies: one week. Best procedure with a dog suspected early: isolate, feed lightly, do not touch...
...billiards at the Pig & Whistle and books hard scrimped for are Schoolmaster Philip Jocelyn's outlets until Millicent, slightly anemic niece of the local bookdealer, comes to help in her uncle's shop. Philip gets himself engaged to Millicent who at once takes brittle command over his aimless, hungry existence. Occasionally Philip has done rough drawings which have sold for a few shillings. So that she can proceed unhampered with wedding plans, Millicent sends him away to sketch for a summer in France...
After the Liberal Club's recent decision to affiliate with the National Student League those members who were displeased with the action began a sort of aimless agitation with no clear purpose except to express their own indignation. This is quite natural. Letters with all sorts of fearful forebodings have been printed in the CRIMSON and dark hints expressed that the Liberal, Club is controlled by a group of emissaries from the Communistic Party, if not indeed directly from the Kremlin...
...Forum is unfortunately not the sort of thing which can be reproduced wholesale. Its success has depended mainly on the interest of a few tutors and about twenty active undergraduates. It has to fight constantly a tendency to degenerate into an aimless tea party. Because of these difficulties, it would be futile to try to inaugurate similar groups in every House. On the other hand, the Forum has a real function other than those of an Economic Society or of the Liberal Club, and in other years such groups might well flourish in several Houses...