Word: pointlessly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...without history, technology without boundaries. As essayist Bruce Sterling writes in the only book about the event, Burning Man (HardWired; 1997), which I and others at Wired magazine had a hand in producing, "It's just big happy crowds of harmless arty people expressing themselves and breaking a few pointless shibboleths that only serve to ulcerate young people anyway. There ought to be Burning Men festivals held downtown once a year in every major city in America...
...mood is in the provisions that would imprison kids with adults, though not in the same cells. While reportedly 8,000 teens are already housed with adults, federal rules require "sight and sound" separation, meaning juveniles cannot be within reach of adults. Some corrections officials say that requires a pointless division of facilities used by both populations--for instance, two exercise areas when one could be shared. The Senate bill would override the complexities of the sight-and-sound rule by imposing a "no physical contact" provision, which means that the same facilities could be used. But juvenile advocates...
However, Siddiqui says this case is atypical. "Generally, bracketed courses are good to help structure your curriculum but it is obviously pointless if it is never offered...
...Monday, the small town of Franklin, New Jersey (pop. 5,000), had become an Alfred Hitchcock crime scene, with two suspects arrested for murders so pointless that their inexplicability was virtually a cinematic device. The vacuum absorbed the attention not only of Sussex County's stunned residents but also of big-city papers and network television. thrill killer, screamed the tabloid New York Daily News over one suspect's photo. victims lured to a remote spot and slain, echoed a rare top-item crime story in the august New York Times...
...fight against brucellosis: more research, less guns. Specifically, the Interior Secretary has asked the National Academy of Sciences to file a report on the extent of brucellosis infection, the chances for developing a vaccine program and the nature of disease transmission between buffalo and cattle. "The continued pointless killings by the state of Montana are threatening the future of this magnificent symbol of our nation's commitment to conservation," he said. Nonsense, countered Montana Governor Marc Racicot, who last week termed Babbit's utterances on buffalo "rhetorical posturing." Montana is already plagued by a booming Yellowstone bison herd that should...