Word: fruitlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...20th century dawned, the United States found herself unchallenged as the most powerful country in the world and, indeed, in history. But Japan and Europe have rehabilitated themselves and are now eroding American economic strength, while the United States has expanded its overseas commitments and wasted its resources in fruitless wars. The senselessly gargantuan Pentagon budgets of the 1980s are testament to America's desparate attempt to maintain a hegemony that can no longer exist...
...next dilemma is "whose click is it?" Naturally both people try clicking the receiver, disconnecting one of them entirely. Attempts to ignore the other call are fruitless, as the phone company has taken the precaution of brain-washing the American people in childhood to allow an inordinate number of rings before hanging-up in order to "be polite." As if I am going to thank the fool who politely infests my home with a grating bell for 10 uninterrupted minutes--"Thank you so much for waiting...I really couldn't decide whether or not to answer, and you gave...
Despite flinging 25 shots toward net yesterday, the Harvard men's soccer team failed to score against a tough University of Connecticut squad. But the Huskies were equally fruitless in their attempts to put the ball past Harvard goalie Stephen Hall, as the teams emerged after 110 minutes of battle yesterday in a 0-0 tie at Storrs, Conn...
...peace with the terrorist army and then, as a friendly act, kill them. We will offer martyrdom as a token of good will. Finally after all these years we will be able to put aside our differences and arrive at a mutually benefical conclusion to the many years of fruitless combat...
...aircraft splintered into thousands of pieces over a wide area, most of them afire. Fire fighters and area residents dug ditches to contain the blazes, then began a fruitless search for survivors. "Doctors came, had a look and there was no one to save," said Zagorska. "Hands and legs were hanging from the trees." It was the worst disaster ever for the Polish national airline...