Word: fruitlessness
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...League of Nations' action against Mussolini was ignored from the beginning by half a dozen non-fascist nations-including the U.S. After eight fruitless months, the whole project was abandoned, leaving the Italian regime the stronger, and destroying the last shred of effectiveness of the League itself...
...will "cooperate." U Thant's notion of a cease-fire is based on a three-point proposal that includes the cessation of the bombing of the North. And the United States, for all of Goldberg's conciliatory talk, hasn't given any indication that it will halt the fruitless bombing for any length of time. In fact, only last week Air Force jets apparently bombed residential areas of Hanoi -- hardly a "military target...
...year-old author reflected that "for the past 30 years, I have been engaged in a fruitless effort to save Rome." Like Rome, Mumford maintained modern society "is drifting from bad to worse," refusing to learn the lessons of the past, forcing "life from its side...
Frustrations like these were not uncommon. Yet they resulted as much from the fragmented structure of the HDC as from concerted faculty attempts to exert control. HDC membership meetings were loud, long and fruitless--particularly since no amount of discussion could overcome the organization's overriding problem: lack of money...
They simply glide through an honors program without alternatives, suspecting that this is necessary for their graduate school applications, and wasting both their tutor's and their time in a rather fruitless search for a "topic" which often has little meaning for either. Admittedly, this may reflect on the tutor as much as the student, but casting blame hardly resolves the condition...