Word: hopelessness
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...dangerous than giving him a bloody nose,--will it be murder? Mondel, who spent his life working out laws of heredity, should turn in his grave, for all his labor must be done over again to fit a transmuted race. All told, our already complicated existence will become a hopeless nightmare of bewilderment, and we must resign ourselves to it. Surely the philosopher's stone must feel its hiding place no longer safe...
...were safe, it would merit a permanent vacation with a record such as this. But it is not! Its doors shake violently during the between-classes rush. It is made of the best of fuels--thoroughly dried and seasoned wood. Its pathetic but nevertheless cleverly concealed fire-escapes are hopeless. Most people would rather risk the stairways. One thing however, may be said for the construction. The main staircase is wide. And part of the descent, although not the important part, has an additional stairway. Apparently the architects forgot that in case of a fire, the "last lap", between...
Only the sound work of Merriam and Middleton, coupled with Captain Samborski's consistent efforts from the foul line served to turn a seemingly hopeless struggle into ultimate victory. Not until the closing moments of a five-minute over-time period did the Crimson yearlings break the deadlock which had held the two teams even for 15 minutes, when King edged in the winning score two seconds before the bell...
...queer little buzzings that were heard. Suppose that these little buzzings did convey some kind of a message, what of it? If messages were wanted the newspapers were full of them. Why go to all the bother of studying a lot of scientific stuff and spend hours trying hopeless experiments, when anything of importance could so much more comfortably and easily be read in the morning paper? There is no answer. The one who asks these questions lacks that spirit of adventure which the other possesses. What is unutterably boring to one is the most exquisite pleasure to the other...
...years past became bitten with the telegraph bug and built little telegraph systems and communicated with each other in the next house or across the street. When Mr. Marconi began to achieve results with his wireless signals the most determined of these boys took up wireless. It was a hopeless effort, for Mr. Marconi himself was having heavy weather of it, even with all the money and facilities he was able to command. But as is always the case, failure only served to spur on the real dyed-in-the-wool enthusiast. When the queer properties of a piece...