Word: worthlessly
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...every Congressman knew, the SAGE air defense system was vital to national security-but worthless without communications lines. Thus there seemed little doubt that after the political shouting died, Congress would go ahead and give the contract its approval...
...This would be rendering the rule almost perfectly worthless . . . It is certainly not only a possible but a probable case that a witness, by disclosing a single fact, may complete the testimony against himself, and to every effectual purpose accuse himself as entirely as he would by stating every circumstance which would be required for his conviction ... It is the province of the court to judge whether any direct answer to the question which may be proposed will furnish evidence against the witness...
Language of Love. In Milwaukee. Mrs. Jeanne K. Devine explained why she had handed out $4,000 in worthless checks, using her ex-husband's name: she hoped that he would be lured back to Milwaukee where she could force him to support their child...
...Alberta oil lands. Western Leaseholds is one of Alberta's soundest companies, with 160 producing wells and drilling rights on some 2,400,000 acres of oil land. The deal was fabulously profitable for Lawyer Harvie. More than 20 years ago, a bankrupt client gave him the then-worthless rights to the best part of the land in payment of a legal fee. Harvie cannily held them until they yielded a fortune...
...land is actually sinking, from six inches in the business district to more than three feet in suburban Pasadena. Though enough rain falls on Texas every year to cover the entire state to a depth of 30 inches, man uses only a small part of this flood. Such worthless plant life as mesquite and catclaw absorbs 35% of the rainfall, and another 40% is lost to evaporation. Of the total precipitation, Texans are left with little-about 3% for pasture grass, timber, crops, etc.. another 3% that seeps to underground reservoirs...