Word: pointlessly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Council considered no other reforms or alternative foreign studies programs, nor did it inform CUE student members that their lengthy committee debates were pointless. Steven C. Gold '81, a CUE student member says, "What annoys me is the way we found out about it--entirely hearsay. No one bothered to tell us." James Henderson '80, another CUE student member, says the Council vote took CUE by surprise. He says they were led to believe the Council would support their effort to make the existing study abroad plan more flexible. But Henderson says he realizes now the Council "has pulled...
...clicked again as Ryan launched a big gainer to Decker at the 10. From there, Ryan faked everyone out, tucking the ball behind his hip on a keeper to the 3. He then pitched to the fleet Tom Weidenkopf on the option to make the score 27-0. A pointless Harvard series of Lahti incompletes turned the ball back over and again put the defense to the test. On the first play, Ryan burned the lagging resistance, hitting a wide-open Mike Turley for 41 yards to the Harvard 19 before Scott MacLeod collared...
...pointless display of pique, the House voted, 215 to 200, against raising the ceiling on the national debt by nearly $100 billion, to $929 billion. The rejection underscored the anger of many Congressmen over the Administration's bud get and economic policies. But the defeat was more symbolic than real. When the House votes on the bill a second time, it is expected to pass. The alternative would be unthinkable even to conservatives: the Government would have to stop borrowing within a few weeks...
Jensen says he might be willing to oppose IQ testing in elementary schools, because such tests seem pointless, except to scan for the occasional bright underachiever who needs special help. Later on, he says, testing is essential to assure fairness in competition for college and good jobs. "It's better to rely on a test than on the whims of an interviewer or employer. The tests are color blind, and that should be reassuring...
...first murder is one of the most revolting yet put on film. It put me off my popcorn, and I'm not easily nauseated. Alien operates thereafter on our anticipation of similar blood and guts; the tension is totally mechanical and rather unfair. The movie proves witless, plotless, pointless, spectacularly unoriginal, and surprisingly cruel...