Word: senseless
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...other hand if we do not believe in repression and yet cannot remain indifferent to the starvation of millions, the senseless strife of whole peoples, there is still a course open to us. We could send a force capable of putting a stop to all bloodshed and of restoring order, thus allowing the economic resources to reorganize and facilitating the shipment of food. Then, when all was quiet, we would support whatever government or governments in the several parts of Russia could find the backing of the people. Such governments would in time stand or fall on their own ability...
...others, or at least totally ruins their effects. Any sensitive concert goer will say how true this is; but luckily, it is for the most part a vanishing evil. Notorious exceptions are the average song-recitals, when the "artist" places songs of all times and nations in a senseless and shameless promiscuity...
There are infrequent occasions when, for instance, a man keeps on his hat or when a visitor acts in an otherwise unconventional manner, that some expression from the diners is not wholly out of place. But this monotonous series of noises without reason is senseless, tiresome, and disgraceful. If these outbursts come from a wish that the gallery be closed, let some other action be taken. Last year it became necessary for the Dining Council to shut the gallery on two occasions, but both times it later revoked its action because of the strong opposing sentiment...