Word: worthlessness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first, public health authorities were horrified at the thought of the problems they will have to face. Said one: "I shudder to think of next summer's mass hysteria among parents who know of gamma globulin." He foresaw all kinds of abuses: bootlegging in G.G., racketeering with worthless substitutes, faking measles to wangle a shot of G.G. in areas where it is not being given-for polio. This expert's solution: declare a national emergency, giving the Government a monopoly of blood and blood products; allot G.G. only to areas with the worst epidemics; let a public authority...
...experience, almost inseparable from a Christian conception of the relationship between God and man. For by humility I do not mean a neurotic self-contempt or self-distrust, though there are forms of Christian, as of nonChristian, neurosis. The Christian realizes, on the one hand, that he is worthless apart from God, but on the other, that, as a child of God, he is infinitely precious, and dear to his Father. He appreciates the tremendous responsibility for action cast on him by the gift of life...
What helped Lascoe most was the West's decision to give Germany a new, healthy currency. Shops were empty, factories at a standstill because farmers and businessmen refused to sell their products for worthless Reichsmarks. One day in June 1948, a convoy of army trucks pulled into Pforzheim, bringing stacks of crisp, new Deutsche marks. Pforzheimers queued all day to exchange their old money for new. The city was transformed. Farmers glutted the market with fruit and vegetables; shop windows filled with furniture, cosmetics and shoes...
...counselor report comments, "the job was nearly worthless but the experience was very valuable indeed," and suggested for Ann a job "valuable in itself. Whatever it is, rather than valuable for what it demonstrates of the more foolish aspects of our society..." Another faculty recommendation was "Next year department store away from home. Following year: work with children on an Indian reservation...
...This is particularly interesting," the report adds, "inasmuch as it includes a number of persons who, for one reason or another, have not participated in any activities. Only four percent of the respondents felt activities to be "childish, noisy, and generally worthless...