Word: pointless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Goldman criticized left-wing attempts to suppress the film as both anti-democratic and pointless. "By Thursday night nobody will watch it," he said Tuesday. The film ended last night...
...library has many other programs and books, and even contains items such as a Lotus 1-2-3 tutorial on cassette. As with any library, there are a lot of materials that seem pretty pointless to the Happy Hacker. But some programs, and especially the reference manuals and books can be especially useful. Check...
...written not on the basis of distorted perceptions of fact, but on the basis of the facts themselves. If the editorial staff must have its fits of forgetfulness for the sake of argument, it is crucial to remember one thing: there is a distinction between constructive criticism and pointless platitudes. Anyone can blurt out ill-informed aspersions about Council proposals. But designing well-thought-out alternative measures if another thing indeed. The Council needs and welcomes constructive criticism. The Crimson has yet to demonstrate that it can give...
...closing--is paved with good intentions. Public spiritedness is no excuse for bad drama, particularly at $15.00 a throw. What's worse, a constant barrage of unimaginitive agitprop will eventually run afoul of the law of diminishing returns. Americans are already information saturated, and witless repititions of the same pointless message about nuclear war will induce indifference, not involvement...
Some freshmen said the University policy is pointless because their own dorm keys already open several neighboring dorms...