Word: pointless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from the sea. From the start, or at least since he got himself organized, war has been something that man did. War and peace were the rhythm of history, like night and day. Can we have peace without war? Our moral rhetoric today tends to call war "futile" and "pointless." But, historically, almost all societies have seen the point of war; at any rate, they have always waged it. Today, the civilization's sheer annihilating capabilities make war seem a grotesque old habit of the race, with nothing to recommend it. But at one time, war was young...
...free, abundant and pointless...
...acting is a great strength of this production. Hallowell's Charles is an admittedly chilled-out aristocratic sort, clearly amused at life. Browning's Elvira is striking and convincingly deceased-looking, and the timing of her barbs is deadly. Mary Powers makes a noble effort at the rather pointless slapstick Coward has unfortunately saddled the maid with...
What indeed should be done about A.H.? Burn him at the stake, says one of Steiner's Jewish hunters. That kind of revenge is pointless, argues another. "I'd let him go wherever he wanted inside Israel. With only the clothing on his back. Every single time he wanted food or water or shelter, he'd have...
Unlike "unthinkables," who believe it is pointless to plan for nuclear war in light of the havoc it would wreak, "thinkables" claim we must plan as if nuclear war might happen at any time. And, say the "thinkables," we must prepare for survival in the aftermath of an atomic battle. Hence, the twin goals of "thinkable" planning are to devise ways to "limit" nuclear war once it starts, and to provide for civil defense in anticipation of the holocaust...