Word: useless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been falling somewhat-and the feeling that the added burden of spectacles would be more than his depleted circumstances would bear comfortably, he had decided to be at least as much of a vagabond as a student and occasionally tread upon the sweet, scented pathways of wholly useless enjoyment...
...want to be connected with a navy that is only an average navy. What we need is a bigger and better navy. It is useless to belong to a navy that wins prizes for merely being average. An average navy is a detriment to the country...
...child of imperfect physique are in danger of developing a feeling of inferiority to the rest of the world. They fail "to develop a social feeling. Social feeling is what enables human beings to survive in this world†. . . . We can now understand why all actions on the useless side of life among problem children, neurotics, criminals, suicides, perverts and prostitutes are caused by a lack in social feeling, courage and self-confidence...
...effect that there had been unnecessary brutality and killings. In all 82 executions were reported. For example it was alleged that General Francisco Serrano had been "murdered" while at the dinner table with 13 of his aides. None could doubt that there had been much cruel and useless bloodshed; but the revolt was seemingly over, despite rumors to the contrary and assertions of bandit terrorism, which probably had nothing to do with the revolt. And that, in the opinion of most observers, was that. Protests from foreign powers seemed unlikely, the rumpus being a purely local affair...
...navigation," Lieutenant G. B. Myers, one of the naval officers stationed at the Engineering School told a CRIMSON reporter. "Electric beacons are being used now where formerly light houses and bells were the only guides at dangerous points. Fog and rough weather make the older methods unreliable or utterly useless, while the electric vibrations transmitted through the sea, and registered by the hydrophone, are not so seriously affected by conditions of the weather. The depth of water under a ship at any time can be instantly determined by electric means, while undersea signalling and the transmission of the voice through...