Word: worthlessness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...worst pests of the southwestern cattle ranges is sagebrush, which romanticists admire but which cattle will not eat. In many places it makes the range almost worthless. Mowing it down mechanically is a slow, costly...
Although many indicated shortcomings in their college educations, less than one percent said the college training they received was totally worthless...
...permitted to sidestep the useless rote processes of memorization now needed to pass the minimum language requirement. Elementary language is a field where the philosophy of general education simply does not apply. The forgettability factor is too great and a smattering of grammar and vocabulary becomes almost completely worthless in a year or two, if it is not followed up with more advanced courses where it can be applied...
Author Morton Thompson (Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player) dignifies his novelized life of Semmelweis by steering clear of the soupy fantasies that make a lot of biographical fiction worthless. The Cry and the Covenant was read for errors by a leading Manhattan gynecologist, who found none. Even the inevitably idyllic love affair (at 38 Semmelweis married a girl of 18) is anchored firmly in fact. "An editor suggested that I have him fall in love sooner," reports Author Thompson. "I said, 'What do you want me to do-make him fall in love with an eleven-year-old girl...
...Does It" (perish the name) is supposed to be an hilariously funny movie. Nunnally Johnson, who wrote the script, carefully avoided all opportunities for other than comic effects. This singleness of purpose makes it easy for the reviewer to pass judgment--the movie is not funny, hence it is worthless...