Word: fruitlessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...energy into that, that would be kind of fruitless, and if we can get more space for groups, that's better than nothing," Cohen says...
...regents desire to send a signal to correct the opinion among some California racial minorities that the UC system does not want them. "We have tainted ourselves, rightly or wrongly, that we are adverse to diversity," regent William Bagle said. Carnesale chooses not to waste his time such fruitless symbolic gestures...
Although Dartmouth was clearly no match for the undefeated Crimson teams, the meet was far from fruitless. As it moves on to play tougher opponents Harvard will use this victory as a springboard for future matches...
...computer didn't understand me. I tried talking to it reasonably, but it was fruitless. When I said, "You say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to; you say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to," it heard, "Using potato vice, the auto use a tomato." While the idea of potato vice intrigued me, I was getting discouraged by my machine's tin ear. I spent a week with Dragon Naturally-Speaking Mobile ($250), a 4-oz. tape recorder that holds 40 minutes of speech and fits in the palm of my hand. It's designed to take...
Feldstein helped the committee stick to an agenda and tried to insure that the committee did not waste time on fruitless measures...