Word: useless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Only a genuine joy-killer would point out that passing examinations is only the routine duty of students in every college, and not a feat of heroism calling for an extraordinary reward. It would be a useless effort on the part of the joy-killer, at that. There is among most of the student body after every examination period, a feeling that they have studied harder than ever, and that they deserve a high grade, whether or not they receive it. It is better to celebrate, by all means, while this righteous mood endures, than to wait for the cold...
...believe we are in danger of war with Mexico unless it is stirred up by intemperate speeches and intemperate articles in newspapers. . . . Intolerance, sir, is the child of ignorance. Give me the radius of any man's intelligence, and I will describe the circumference of his tolerance. It is useless for the Senator from Alabama to shout, 'I do not bring in religion.' He has brought in the question of religion; he has thrice brought...
...last twenty years, has advanced to the stage of a loudspeaker in every home; but spirits are still forced to knock timidly on tables and moan through tin trumpets as they have always done. The interest of such clever men as Lodge and Conan-Doyle has been useless. Something must be done about it. The American people will not stand for poor service and antiquated equipment...
That this condition has at last been faced and at least partially solved by the English Department is a matter of no mean moment in the development of the Harvard curriculum. The abolition of the useless anticipatory examination and the lifting of the English. A requirement for all those who have passed the comprehensive entrance examination with a grade of 70 or above are certainly steps in the right direction...
...Parker railroad bill]. We have learned to know in advance just what he is going to say.... We have voted down everything the Senator from Maryland has proposed and defeated everything he has supported, by a majority of 3 to 1.... But some debaters are insuppressible. It is as useless and hopeless to talk against their persistent, painful and pestiferous argumentation as it is to try to cure the hay-fever...