Word: useless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...value of the Guide lies in presenting accurate undergraduate opinion, based on a broad, as well as impartial tabulation of the impressions made by each course upon those who take it. Unless sufficient replies are received to guarantee an unprejudiced, average judgment, the Guide is misleading, as well as useless. It is therefore hoped that all Freshmen will deal with at least three of their courses, giving attention to the less populous ones such as Spanish and Chemistry as well as those of the History 1 and German A magnitude...
...sent a message advising repeal of: 1) the Bankhead Act, 2) the Kerr-Smith Tobacco Act, 3) the Potato-Control Act, which Washington has assumed would be found unconstitutional as soon as the Supreme Court got around to them. The President's reason for repeal: They are now useless having been "auxiliary" to the late...
Just how seriously Senator Borah's candidacy was to be taken became a question when his Ohio backers last week admitted that it would be useless to put his name in that State's primary. And from Washington onetime Governor Gifford Pinchot announced that he had advised Senator Borah "not to go into the fight for delegates" in Pennsylvania "for the reason that more money would be required than is available." "Kansas Coolidge." Managers of Governor Alfred Mossman Landon of Kansas now claim that their candidate will go to the Republican National Convention at Cleveland in June with...
...children to Methodist Eaton granted to Mrs. Eaton the privilege oi visiting her progeny unless she attempted to "instill her atheistic and communistic beliefs" in their minds. Decided the Advisory Master: "She frankly states that she no longer considers herself a Christian She looks on all religion as useless and entertains the deepest contempt for that of her husband...
...jury decided otherwise after hearing that; 1) The Morro Castle was not thoroughly inspected in port because she did not stay long enough. 2) Fire drills were rarely held, never thoroughly. 3) Fire-fighting equipment was in such poor shape as to be virtually useless. 4) Mr. Cabaud knew the regulations were not complied with, ignored them in order to keep the liner busy. 5) Captain Warms had no command over his crew, which was completely disorganized. 6) During the fire, he hesitated too long in sending out an SOS, failed to tend to the passengers until too late, handled...