Word: fruitlessness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chairman stated that previous attempts at social assistance had been fruitless and had demanded a remedy of "national security as the objective, and national action through the national government as the approach." In brief, he stressed that "the other levels of Government--City, County, and State--had done all they could; Federal help was necessary...
...After many a fruitless interview with churchmen who were reluctant to allow him even to fly a plane of his own in Africa, Father Schulte received the blessings of his namesake (but no kinsman), Joseph Cardinal Schulte, Archbishop of Cologne. Soon after, in 1927, Father Schulte raised some money, founded the Missionalium Vehiculorum Associatio or Missions-Verkchrs-Arbeitsgemeinschajt ("Missionary Communications Association"). Calling it MIVA for short, Father Schulte chose as its motto: Obmam Christo terra marique et in aera ("Toward Christ on land and sea and in the air"). In 1929 he made his first journey...
...incorruptible men in blue, Boston's "finest," will obtain the signature of every prospective voter on a neat card, and the cards will then be salted away to be referred to, perhaps, on election day. This is a step in the right direction but destined to be a fruitless one; for it not only boldly assumes that Boston voters can all write and Boston election commissioners can all read, but it falsely assumes that everyone will vote who can. Figures have shown that in years past the percentage of registered voters who have gone to the polls has been ridiculously...
...fishing was suspended in Pudding Bay; Pudding Magna was now scarcely inhabitable except on the rare occasions of a northerly ; the majority of the citizens bad field to the hills and were living in huts and caves." Appeals to the Mayor, to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries proved fruitless, and eventually even the suit was adjourned. We compassionate the good citizens of Pudding Magna...
Last week the State of Utah paid five gunmen $25 each to hide behind a screen, shoot a man dead. In a fit of jealousy, dim-witted young Delbert Green had killed his wife, his mother-in-law and her husband, delayed his execution for six years by fruitless appeals. Finally given a choice between rope and firing squad, he shrugged, got shooting because it was cheaper...