Word: uselessness
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...arms held before him like the vampiric undead, was Beck Weathers, risen from the snow. Somehow, inexplicably, he had survived the nightlong storm, living through bitter, anoxic conditions that should have killed him hours before. To be sure, his condition was grim. His hands, frozen and long past useless, had the white, waxy look of a cadaver's. His nose and cheeks were black with frostbite. He was, however, indisputably alive...
...students have the distraction of television. Furthermore, many students already watch short excerpts of their favorite shows on the Internet or via the public airwaves and would welcome the convenience of access to DirecTV in their rooms. Television may often serve us ill, but it is not a useless tool altogether. Many students will leave Harvard to serve their communities and the nation but they are barely aware of current events or the forces that shape the American opinion. Access to television will help alleviate the isolation inside the infamous “Harvard bubble.” Another criticism...
...heads, falling back in insight-free awe at the composer's apparently genial genius (a refreshing exception is the crankish Jonathan Miller, who has directed many a Mozart opera). Since Mozart traveled endlessly in search of gigs - 25,000 miles all told - the director, Phil Grabsky gives us many useless out-the-window shots of his own car chugging along modern European highways as he duplicates those journeys, many sequences of contemporary citizens wandering aimlessly and inelegantly in front of buildings Mozart visited...
...specifics of what [the MPAA] put forward is useless,” he said...
...vast improvement that can take place over a racing season often makes predictions difficult and rankings useless. A history of upsets at races with larger fields gives Sprints an entirely different feel from the dual races in which the teams have been participating thus far. But if all goes according to plan, then Sunday night has the potential to be a very happy one at Newell Boathouse...