Word: needlessly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Needless to say, lie is sending to Philadelphia a crew which will almost surely win, since it has beaten all its rivals heretofore by wide margins. The Yale eight will do an enormous amount of hustling to make the shift from Red Top to Philadelphia and back to Red Top again...
When Mme. Caillaux entered the office, Calmette received her politely, asked what he could do. Said she: "It is needless for me to pretend that I am making a friendly call." She then took out her revolver, fired one shot. M. Calmette fell to the ground. Mme. Caillaux then fired the remaining four shots, only one missed. The anger of the Parisiens was aroused. Caillaux was repeatedly attacked by furious mobs and the day following the murder he resigned...
...stands now, the Arms treaty begins to appear more and more ineffectual. In limiting the number of capital ships to be built by each country, it was significant merely in demonstrating that the world was coming to realize the needless expense of international armament competition. Beyond that, it accomplished nothing; first, because almost everyone recognized that the importance of capital ships was lessening, in view of the limitless future opening to aviation; and second, because it failed to deal adequately with the matter of secondary ships, such as cruisers, destroyers and submarines. Other powers, aware of the increasing value...
...Monteux, who Thursday evening took leave of Cambridge, and yesterday afternoon commenced a two days' farewell to Boston. The concert was a real culmination, and it seems almost certain that Mr. Monteux will be unable to surpass it, if he succeeds in equalling it, this evening. It is, perhaps, needless to record the almost frenzied ovation be received, including all the stamping and "Bravo" yelling one could have expected in New York or Paris...
...White stated that the department will continue to issue material from its stocks with every precaution against low temperature. He pointed out that 600 people die of diphtheria in Massachusetts every year, needless deaths which can only be prevented by the use of the serum...