Word: needlessly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...important point: the city's school system has quieted down since the controversial firing of Superintendent William C. Lannon two years ago. In fact, the selection of an outstanding administrator to replace Lannon proves that when the School Committee wants to, it can overcome internal squabbles and needless delays to implement changes for local schoolchildren...
Against the background of confusion and protest over the controversial Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR), the Law School Ad Board's expedient procedures appeared not only effective, but an appropriate way of avoiding needless controversy...
...Needless to say, after a few days, the kids (played by Jason Lively and Dana Hill) are bored, and all of England is terrified of Clark Griswald. So it's off to France. But not before visiting Stonechenge--and, believe it or not, knocking the whole thing down accidentally by backing into one of the huge stones...
...would like to see pressure applied against a bitter and oppressive regime have the means and the freedom to persuade those in a position to take such action, we further our cause by pursuing peaceful paths. Rallies, debates, circulars, and meetings are inevitably more trustful than needless and unjustified conformation. The only result for which the can hope is the alienation of those of which the letter can hope is the alimentation of those of moderate views...
...Needless to say, this is an allegory for Steinbrenner's New York Yankees, once the proudest team in baseball, now merely the highest paid. Bringing back that "reformed" fist baller and dehydrated bibber Billy Martin for a fourth term as mismanager, Steinbrenner has taxed the credibility of even the New York Post. Sometimes it seems that this former anonymous shipbuilder from Cleveland owns more than 37 1/2% of the Manhattan tabloids. He hovers over the + city like the Hindenburg. In quivering type befitting a disaster, his name is a standard headline: GEORGE EXPLODES. NO SURVIVORS...