Word: purposelessness
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...forte is in canny diagnosis of ailments that have baffled her doctor hubby; the silly old dear could not see a wart under his own nose. Actress Reed plays mom with engaging charm. But the directors have hobbled the stride of the show with many a long, purposeless pause, as if they thought that viewers would be howling at the line that preceded...
Matched Histories. Cerebral palsy afflicts one child out of 215 born in the U.S. But it is a catchall label for a wide variety of symptoms, and it may have an equal variety of causes. Symptoms range from spasticity (generalized rigidity of the muscles), chorea (sudden and jerky purposeless movements), athetosis (slower and more writhing movements), grimacing and lack of balance...
...present head of the Massachusetts Bar Association and last year's past president argued last night that the interim appointment to the Supreme Court of Judge Learned Hand '93, proposed by two Law School professors Wednesday, would be "purposeless" and "should not be considered...
Joseph Schneider, current president of the association, agreed that it would be a "lovely but purposeless gesture," but maintained that since the 84-year-old judge would not have "enough time" to influence the court's thinking, the idea "has no practical chance" of being effective...
...that of lying flat on a slowly revolving, cloudlike object, and there were other similar objects all around, touching gently and revolving 'in gear.' I just slowly rolled down into the depths of the arrangement. Another was of a flowerbed type of pattern, or perhaps a purposeless pinball machine, with lights arranged in rows and columns. The lights-or flowers-were growing, then bursting in irregular fashion, one at the left, then the center...