Word: hopelessness
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...Soviet threat and particularly the Soviet desire to continue to commit vast resources to the military buildup on the China border. Could it be that the Soviets have learned from the Vietnam war that the massive use of force against Asian countries can lead to, at best, only a hopeless stalemate...
...other hand, there is ample proof that the most recent displays of belligerence have discouraged Arab moderates. Many feel that the Israelis are hell-bent on a course of Zionist aggression and are beginning to think that maybe the Palestinians were right all along. "Now it's hopeless," concludes the editor of one Beirut newspaper. "I don't think Israel wants peace...
...when Waugh was busy with the social-literary set, he wrote: "After dinner I went to the Savoy Theater and said: 'I am Evelyn Waugh. Please give me a seat.' So they did. I saw the last two acts of Paul Robeson's Othello. Hopeless production but I like his great black booby face." Waugh also noted disapprovingly that Poet Edith Sitwell and her family lived on terms of "feudal familiarity" with their servants. "Come on, one of you's got to go," said the footman, trying to persuade Edith or her reluctant brothers, Osbert...
...Senate Judiciary Committee. Then Gray infuriated the White House by conceding to the committee that John W. Dean III, President Nixon's chief legal counsel, probably had lied to FBI agents. All but abandoned by the Administration and under fire from Democratic critics, Gray's position was hopeless...
Competing with the Government is supposed to be a hopeless task, but it is all too easy when the rivalry is with the U.S. Postal Service. By now stories of mail lost, delayed or damaged by federal carriers are wearily familiar. They have, if anything, become even more depressing since the USPS was set up 20 months ago to take over from the old Post Office Department. It is no surprise that many businessmen, tired of the slipshod service, are finding private ways to move mail more quickly and cheaply than the Government...