Word: hopeless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...playlet "Kisses" of seven years ago, will be woefully disappointed in its present counterpart "Wednesday at the Ritz". An ingenious setting whereby the stage is divided into "Parlour, Bedroom, and Bath" forms the background for a farce which is marked by the comparative novelty of its plot and the hopeless commonplaceness of its lines. A long way from the "all-star" bill of seven years past...
...allowance must be made for the size of the family, bad debts, depreciation on real estate, losses in speculation and so on--(for more details, see the recent tax law!). The plan seems to belong to the category of those which look perfectly sound on paper, but which are hopeless when they come to be tried out--only this one does not even look sound on paper...
...before you are thirty or thirty-five, you should be laying your foundation. Then and then alone may you be expected to reap abundantly. Exceptions are constantly arising, but to gamble upon the fact that you are an exception is more serious than risking your last dollar on a hopeless chance...
...quite time that it is hopeless to think of reducing armaments without first removing the cause of war. President Harding is to be commended in emphasizing the importance of the Far Eastern question, and it is significant that he attacks this problem with much greater boldness. He comes out definitely for the open door in China and the abolition of the Anglo-Japanese alliance...
...situation is not hopeless, and there are many measures which might help to drive away the clouds of discontent. To begin with, why not hold an open meeting, in which the aspirants for office might address the voters on the subject of their candidacy? This would give all a chance to "size up" the men, and to get at least a superficial impression of their relative merits...