Word: aimless
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...turned up in St. James's Palace, told the 550 Mayors that, "In common with you all, I am concerned for boys and girls after they have left school, during the difficult time up to the age of 18. . . . There is no sadder sight in the world than aimless, dispirited youth...
...lies in the boarded stuffed shirts who ride the elephant. Taking refuge in the Constitution, they have failed to present an effective or intelligent plan of opposition. For instance, Chairman Fletcher has not discovered anything faintly resembling a program, while at the same time he assails the administration for aimless wandering. None of his aides of the grandfather vintage, such as Mr. Ames in Maine, have faced issues squarely, not to speak of presenting them humanly. No wonder the party has been unable to raise money or supporters, and has so far shored a dismal failure...
...Silent Snow, Secret Snow," Mr. Aiken gives a picture of an adolescent mind dwelling more and more in the realm of fantasy until the real world is finally obliterated. "Thistledown" is a very simply told story of a girl whose life is as "aimless and purposeless as the voyage of the dandelion thistle...
...Charlestown affair was just one more example of the aimless and poorly conducted demonstrations which a certain number of students in any institution can always be led into supporting. The fact that the participants in Thursday's brawl did not distinguish the particular bone they proposed to pick with the cruiser's crew, although we presume it had something to do with the curbing of personal liberty in Germany, reduced their fracas to the ignominy of childish "bull" baiting. The astuteness of the police in parking their pistols and resorting to skull crunching left their opponents without even the satisfaction...
...varied emotions of eleven men facing inevitable death at the hands of unseen enemies, are woven into "The Lost Patrol", a powerful screen play with Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale and other distinguished film luminaries. The story deals with a detachment of British cavalrymen who become aimless wanderers on the Mesopotamian desert when their officer is killed by Arabs. Only the officer knew where they were, what their orders were and when and where they were to rejoin their brigade. That knowledge died with him. The talking picture was adopted from the famous Philip MacDonald novel, "Patrol...