Word: needlessness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...needless imposition of Sweet briar restraints is a large academic handicap; the $650 charge added to travel and living expenses inflicts a foolish financial burden as well...
...heroes shoot it out in the last scene, needless to say, and one of them walks away through so many corpses that it suddenly becomes clear why the producers had to develop an abnormally large screen (called SuperScope) for this picture...
...into actions which our European friends and allies would regard as ill-advised and which would perhaps shake our unity at a time when we hope it will be reinforced by the pending London-Paris accords. The U.S. does not intend thus to be hastily provoked into needless action." This highly practical talk was the more forceful because Dulles' line had already been proved right. U.S. allies, especially Britain, had been reassured by Dulles' verbal restraint and had not hesitated to denounce the Reds in terms as strong as any Dulles could have used...
...REASON WHY, by Cecil Woodham-Smith, told superbly the story of the charge of the Light Brigade and the incompetent, blundering commanders who consigned the unit to needless destruction. GREAT RIVER, by Paul Horgan, showed what can happen when a fine novelist with a sense of history tackles a congenial subject, in this case the story of the Rio Grande country from prehistoric time...
Tonsils & Colds. One of the most notorious areas for needless surgery lies in the tonsils. True, "a conscientious physician recognizes the need for an occasional tonsillectomy, but all too often it is done for no particular reason." The simple fact is, he said, that the size of the tonsils means next to nothing because they are normally enlarged in children between five and eight years...