Word: fruitlessness
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...Dienbienphu and cut the Red garrison to pieces in the tall elephant grass. Commanding General Navarre then built an entrenched camp 175 miles inside enemy territory. He dared the enemy to come and get him and itched for a set-piece battle instead of Indo-China's usual, fruitless chases through the jungle. Navarre flew in light tanks and 155-mm. artillery; his officers installed their mess silver, their embroidered white tablecloths and their wine cellars, and (though a few high-placed officers were dubious from the beginning) they echoed Navarre's confidence. "They will have to take...
...shift of emphasis. Stevenson has returned to the line of Democratic Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson, who believes that it is politically fruitless to attack Ike directly; that the best Democratic strategy is to praise Ike, attack "the men around...
...Recently Billy Rose, fearing a panning, persuaded the critics to stay away from The Immoralist while he held a week of "paid previews" in Manhattan to get the play in shape.) But in the end. most producers have learned to their sorrow that bucking bad reviews is expensive and fruitless...
Molotov ducked and wove, argued that the question of Trieste should be settled first. "We did not come here to discuss Iceland, Morocco, Gibraltar or Trieste, we came to discuss Austria," retorted Dulles. Four fruitless hours later, Bidault said: "We have conceded all we were ever asked to concede, and now we are confronted with heart-rending new proposals...
...ideal spot for dropping water bombs on passing Yard cops, and its decadent fixtures inspired residents to make their own electrical gadgets. This temporary surge of spirit caused the only recorded use of fire ropes in University history; a proctor locked himself in his room and after hours of fruitless effort, he turned from the door and slid down from his window...