Word: meaninglessness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vaguely of West Berlin as "an independent political unit" but specifically upheld the Potsdam Treaty, which had established the Western presence in Berlin. To avoid any misunderstanding, Moscow had made it clear to Washington that the new treaty did not affect the West's position-and was therefore meaningless...
...Perry Mason, Sam Benedict, Defenders and assorted colleagues, the supply of first-rate criminal lawyers may appear plentiful enough. But outside the range of the TV camera, the breed is in danger of dying out. Such noble concepts as "right to counsel, fair trial, and due process" will become meaningless, warned New York State Chief Judge Charles S. Desmond last week, unless more lawyers are willing to represent criminal defendants. Addressing Boston University's graduating law class, he called on law schools to stop pointing students "at the two admired goals of Wall Street law practice and clerkships...
...Oregon triumph was far from meaningless. It gave him increased momentum in his desperate effort to overhaul his only opponent, Goldwater, in California's June 2 primary. It showed once again that if the Republicans nominate Goldwater they will be picking a proven poor vote getter. It all but kayoed Lodge. The big argument in Lodge's favor was that he was unbeatable with rank-and-file Republicans. Well, he wasn't, not by a long shot. Rockefeller's win also fractured the notion that Nixon can get the nomination simply by making a few phone...
...school prayer at best could only be "so bland as to be meaningless" or "so sectarian as to be divisive," Freund stated. He emphasized that the most important effect of the Supreme Court's decision should be "a serious and basic inquiry into the moral component of public education...
...students to national draft officials. An assurance that the University itself considers the leave essential, and a guarantee that the student on leave will return to school, might well persuade the Selective Service to grant deferment. Continued silence by the University can only make the leave of absence a meaningless institution...