Word: meaninglessness
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...used this ranking system to illustrate how meaningless rankings can be,” said Fallows, a former Crimson president...
...about how much Barry has struggled this season after his Cy Young performance in 2002. But his numbers are still quite good—3.30 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP. And Zito’s best month of the year, despite his last outing of the season in a meaningless game against Seattle, was September...
...areas in restaurants to 15 percent of tables. Under heavy pressure from Cambridge’s business community, the council adds amendments that weaken the proposal. The measure passes, but only restricts smoking to 50 percent of restaurant tables. Smoking ban advocates call the new restrictions “meaningless...
...short, the best student she knew. But she was too proud to share the honor, despite the Harvard acceptance letter that made it meaningless. Success is a zero-sum game, as she understood it, and her GPA was .055 higher...
...have been spread dangerously thin, American allies everywhere have been alienated. And real threats, such as al Qaeda, North Korea and the Taliban have been ignored. And perhaps most recklessly of all, Bush has blunted America’s ability to utilize the threat of force by rendering it meaningless. Like a prosecutor trying a murder suspect, Bush asked Saddam for a plea bargain—cooperate with U.N. inspectors, and we might not invade. But even after Saddam admitted the inspectors and Chief U.N. Weapons Inspector Hans Blix begged for more time, Bush still went for the death penalty...