Word: pointless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kristal O'Bryant '98, president of the Black Student Association, says comparing merit by test scores is pointless...
...What makes it even more foolish," he added,"is that in the end the University will agree tothe union's demands and a lot of energy will havebeen wasted in a pointless conflict...
After 241 American troops on a pointless mission in Beirut were killed by a suicide bomber in 1983, the Reagan Administration struggled to draw lessons from the disaster. The next year, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger offered a checklist for evaluating the future uses of military forces abroad. Such actions should be necessary to protect vital national interests, he advised, and permit the use of powerful force to achieve a decisive victory. The objective must be clear and attainable by military means, and it must be supported by Congress and the people...
Unfortunately, considering Tharp's reputation for creating works that challenge the form and direction of dance, a traditional ballet just doesn't cut it. "Waterbaby Bagatelles" is beautiful, but inevitably pointless...
Does Brown truly believe that Murray's work is as evil as the Holocaust? It appears so, since he declares that the debate over The Bell Curve is nothing less than a "struggle between good and evil." But not only is such a comment pointless sophistry, it also shows a disturbing, morally myopic view of the Holocaust and other truly evil events. Charles Barzun...