Search Details

Word: uselessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Fecky says with a flare of irritation when asked about the danger from mercury. But like Femmy, who lives a few houses down the road, he knows better than to rock the boat. "Of course I worry about the contamination. But what can I do? To complain would be useless. It would just make problems for me and my family with the other villagers who think they can find the gold under their houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grief From Glitter | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...course, if I had cable, I wouldn't have gone to class and thus wouldn't have had to learn that useless fact. Damn you, Harvard. You've clogged my mind with meaningless intellectual knowledge rather than ridiculous sports trivia...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March To The Sea: Musings From The Cable Guy | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...INDONESIA Censured The impeachment of embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid looked increasingly likely following his weak response to a second parliamentary censure for alleged corruption. In a speech, Wahid failed to respond to accusations of financial irregularities, and opposition leaders dismissed plans for a cabinet reshuffle as "useless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...flawed, and indeed, it clearly fills a need for oversight of our healthcare providers. But aside from the conclusions that may be drawn from these data, the fact remains that a substantial proportion of students do not trust UHS. Even the most capable medical facility in the world is useless if nobody dares to get treatment from...

Author: By Brian J. Wong, | Title: Editor's Notebook: Trusting UHS | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...cost and technology woes plagued Safeguard. Rumsfeld, a onetime G.O.P. Congressman from Illinois, knew it. Even worse, the Soviets were rendering Safeguard useless by putting multiple warheads atop each of their missiles. After three months as Defense Secretary, under orders from Congress, Rumsfeld shut it down. Safeguard's ghostly remains still litter the prairie just south of the Canadian border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secretary Of Missile Defense | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

Previous | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | Next