Word: senseless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senator Caraway of Arkansas, Democrat, who is leading in these senseless attacks, has shot his shaft against me repeatedly in the past, before the oil matter came up. I do not care to dignify it by discussion. But in general terms I will say that the charges by Caraway or anybody else that I received compensation from outside interests for anything I did in my official capacity in serving the country, or any innuendo that, directly or indirectly, I got money or other consideration, or expected to do so, is absolutely false...
...thus helps us to see the line of development, "the direction in which things are moving". It safeguards us against shallow views of the laws, institutions, beliefs, and customs of our day, which men are often tempted to regard as rooted in the laws of nature or else as senseless and indefensible, by showing us how they arose and became what they are, what human needs and interests they have served, what forces have favored or misguided their development. History may not furnish the statesman with exact solutions for each concrete problem. But it can give him a deeper insight...
...Firpo, Agile Giant from the Argentine Republic, comes to show us how human beings can be knocked senseless. Crowds pay to see him; the government of 'civilized' New York, most prosperous state in the Union, welcomes him, provides a commision to take care of him and regulate the crowds. And, under government protection, he is permitted to commit assault and battery, knocking a man unconscious while a low-brow crowd howls its delight...
...senseless rhapsodies into which the sensation-mongering Press are impelled by the annual approach of the Inter-University Boat Race, form already a danger sign to which it would be well to pay heed. Let these be relegated to our professional sportsmen and those amateurs who have devoted themselves to the maintenance and improvement of the national standard. The Universities and Public Schools can do well without these storms of public advertisement . . . . No; the tradition of Public School sport is that it is a recreation and not a profession, and as long as this tradition remains the better will...
...placing a needless and vexing burden upon American scholarship. As books of the kind mentioned would have to be imported in small lots, if Mr. Fordney has his way with the publishers, the additional cost would bear heavily upon those who must have them. Altogether, this gratuitous and senseless levy upon the tools of education is one of the most offensive provisions of the pending Tariff bill, and should be stricken out by the Senate. --New York Times...