Word: useless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They laughed when Andres Segovia sat down to play the guitar. The nerve of the ( man, bringing a flamenco instrument into the hallowed precincts of the concert hall. "That stupid young fellow is making useless efforts to change the guitar -- with its mysterious, Dionysiac nature -- into an Apollonian instrument," wrote one skeptic after Segovia's 1910 debut in Madrid. "The guitar responds to the passionate exaltation of Andalusian folklore, but not to the precision, order and structure of classical music...
...think it is a useless thing to do as aroutine, but in certain instances it may benecessary," Postel said...
...urge our wives and families to go to America and Israel and press there because the keys of our issue are there," he said. "Moving in Lebanon is useless. You must press on America for the sake of Alann Steen...
...there is one thing that can be said about the still-young Prefect Program, it is that it is varied. Some prefects, unfortunately, experience the frustration described by Brooke A. Masters ("Prefectly Useless," March 17); however, many prefects have succeeded extremely well in helping freshmen acclimate themselves to life at Harvard...
HAVE YOU ever felt useless? As if you are completely and utterly wasting your time...