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Word: useless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...idea whether the Exchange was useful or useless; 13.6% called it "useful and well-run"; 26.8% said "it has done many things it should not have done, but we still need it"; 13.2% thought it "could be a useful institution but it won't be until drastic changes in it are made"; only 4.8% belonged to the radical fringe who believed "it has been a useless institution and should be done away with entirely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EXCHANGES: A Little Knowledge | 1/22/1940 | See Source »

...Prove Useless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutoring Notes "Incorrect," Hanford Says, Confirming Reports of Students | 1/16/1940 | See Source »

...Students themselves have expressed the opinion that some of the notes which they have purchased have been so full of errors as to prove useless; others have pointed out that so-called 'word lists' sold by certain bureaus do not contain the proper words and that many of the words are wrong," Dean Hanford says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutoring Notes "Incorrect," Hanford Says, Confirming Reports of Students | 1/16/1940 | See Source »

Carleton S. Coon assistant professor of Anthropology, criticized the College Tutoring Bureau specifically; after reading the "outlines" sold by the Bureau to students, Coon labelled them as "useless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professors Warn All Students Against Tutoring Schools: "Use at Own Risk" | 1/12/1940 | See Source »

...notes would be not only useless as a preparation for the final examinations in that course but also misinforming. I am fully acquainted with the misspellings and general misinformation which they contain," Coon said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professors Warn All Students Against Tutoring Schools: "Use at Own Risk" | 1/12/1940 | See Source »

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