Search Details

Word: worthlessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...passionate devotion to her. He just feels "empty" and runs to the company of the Lebedevs, who are themselves living superficial existences and are unable to understand one another. It is interesting that the only person who can temporarily awake these creatures from their lethargy is Misha, a worthless schemer, admirably played in the Brattle production by Paul Sparer...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivein, | Title: The Playgoer | 1/8/1952 | See Source »

Perhaps, instead, the University wished to honor them because they were victims of a worthless and terrible scourge called war. Even if this purpose justified a memorial, a gift of money to some organization or organizations specifically set up to combat this scourge would have been more appropriate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Purpose? | 12/7/1951 | See Source »

...aircraft builders are not to blame. They cannot get materials, skilled workers or equipment fast enough. Priorities, in most cases, are worthless; they simply permit planemakers to get their names on a list, very often behind less essential producers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Clipped Wings | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

...Laude. In Los Angeles, Orville Rambo, an armless midget who learned to write with a pencil held between his chin and shoulder, was sentenced to San Quentin prison for writing a worthless check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 26, 1951 | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

...jolt from Marion Davies, the Chief's great & good friend for over 30 years. A document, signed by the Chief, was produced that seemed to give her control of his vast publishing empire. At first, administrators for the estate made light of the trust agreement as worthless. A second look convinced them that they might have been hasty. But no one wanted to fight the matter out in court. Last week, after a month of negotiating, the Hearst heirs signed an agreement that gave Miss Davies the recognition old W.R. had wanted her to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Marion Davies, Consultant | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

Previous | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | Next