Word: uselessness
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...take out A Passage to India, but I know, like Sisyphus, that the struggle is useless. I can't concentrate under the present conditions: heavy, Dantean sighs abound; cell phones go off and everyone reaches into their pockets because they don't know their ringer style; bodies and bags are strewn over the floor in such disarray that you don't know which is which and the image reminds me of spaghetti and meatballs...
...refreshingly, that whatever its failings, our Supreme Court is a body based less on partisan agendas than on the principle of being skeptical, contrary cusses, knocking around those who would dare petition them like ping-pong balls. Some cameras-in-the-courts detractors say that's why it's useless to broadcast SCOTUS hearings live: Under this questioning, even for lawyers it's often impossible to tell whose side the adversarial judges are really on until they rule...
...edge, but one that has become increasingly dull as time progresses and mindless repetition ensues. About a third of Sound Loaded is just Spanish versions of other tracks on the album and a large other half are mind-numbing soporific pop numbers that, without any distinctive characteristics, are useless even as dance tunes. Sound Loaded is loaded with too much repetitive hype and not enough music. And attempts at "sexy" photos in liner notes do not a good album make...
...completely useless press conference, Bush spokesperson Karen Hughes said her candidate would be in Austin for Thanksgiving, and that he had not yet considered the possibility of a victory party if Harris declares him the winner on Saturday...
...happen during a telephone call, some part of the conversation would not get through or would be delayed to such an extent that normal conversation would be difficult. In fact, studies have found that delays of more than a half a second in voice conversations would render VOIP essentially useless...