Word: uselessness
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...graphical interface is pretty much useless for the blind. How does a computer tell a blind person to move the mouse pointer over an icon and double-click? One way the ATL has dealt with this problem has been to suggest that students use older programs with textual rather than graphical interfaces...
...what of the hall itself? The administration has already concluded that it is useless. The administration, however, lacks foresight. The time may come when just such a space is needed. The lack of gathering spaces at Harvard will leave a great void in University life. The Great Hall, however, could easily assume some of the functions which house dining halls once had. The hall could be used as a multi-functional center. Its location and size are obviously ideal. Meetings, receptions, speeches, dancers, exhibitions and small concerts and recitals, could be held in it. The Union Hall would thus continue...
...realize that some of you may still be discouraged. Nevertheless, there is every reason for you to keep your head up. Just because you may have a poor educational background or lack skills that are prized in today's job market doesn't mean that you are useless. You can still serve as a valued resource for your country--and more importantly, for Wall Street and the bond market...
...times during his narration, Morrow writes of being invisible--of being, in various contexts, an unseen observer. Everywhere, turbulent memories surface and are recorded with the faithfulness of a man whose search for answers will not be denied. In the end, however, he concludes that his introspection has been "useless, or anyway illusory, that it is silly to think I can understand the reasons for these implosions of mine..." But he is wrong...
...Lighting. Why does almost every dorm room have a useless, ugly fluorescent light inside? Too weak for reading and often sporadic in response to the switch, these lights only cast rooms into a dim gloom. The University should end the charade of these lights--install real ones or simply tell incoming first-years to buy a halogen torchiere...