Word: uselessness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...useless to analyze fashions in literature as it is to dissect a man's personality. Personality defles analysis, and books follow the personalities of their authors. To understand the characteristics of a piece of writing, one must be acquainted with the prevalent styles of the time and with the politics and current history of the period under discussion...
...Tufts was clearly outclassed from the beginning of the game in speed and accuracy of play. The playing both halves was very rough and was marked by frequent fouls that passed unnoticed. Harvard's only faults were delaying in caging the ball at the right moments and useless attempts at long shots. For Harvard, Lehmann and Gilles did the best individual work; Fiske played the best game for Tufts...
Having followed the evolution of the American game of football since 1874 when we played the old English Rugby game it is useless to add that I am still deeply interested in its future welfare...
...were fairly evenly matched both on the offensive and defensive and neither could make consistent gains through the others' line. Barring some slowness in getting the plays started in the early part of the game, and some fumbling, Pennsylvania played splendid football. When she found her guards-back formation useless she had to rely on straight football to gain. The Indians showed wonderful defensive strength, but their offensive was not quite as strong as was expected. The few fumbles that they made were disastrous. Towards the end of the game the Indians fell off in their play, and Pennsylvania...
...hand, used all styles of play, and although accomplishing nothing extraordinary in any one of these, was able to outplay Pennsylvania sufficiently to win by a good margin. In the first place the Harvard team showed so much quickness on the defense that Pennsylvania's powerful offense was practically useless. In all, Pennsylvania gained many yards, but the gains were not consecutive and, without gaining that is steady, no team can win except on flukes or on its opponents' mistakes. Pennsylvania, therefore, was unable to pull out a victory by its own peculiar style of play, while Harvard, knowing...