Word: worthlessness
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...only year-round tan and for having tight muscles--the source of many bad jokes--he has lately been a leader in the infamous "arm-jogger" plot. As soon as they received them from an eager salesman, the team decided the arm-joggers, hand-weights for training, were utterly worthless. So far, two batches have mysteriously disappeared, and Coach McCurdy's resulting investigation has been rather lackadaisical...
...struck down the rule that people must purchase their stamps. Some officials view the cuts as a chance to pare administrative costs as well as marginally effective programs. Says Democratic State Representative Francine Panehal of Ohio: "It's a golden opportunity to get rid of programs that were worthless and prop up those that really work...
...union's greatest problem is that most of its apparent gains, such as higher wages and shorter hours, are rendered worthless by the country's economic crisis. The queues are even longer - and the shelves emptier - than they were a year ago. Unless the workers scale back their demands, there seems to be little chance for national recovery. "If this continues, those who applauded us in August 1980 will be throwing stones at us," Walesa admonished at a Solidarity meeting in Gdansk last week. That would be a rude awakening indeed from the dream of odnowa...
...occasional taunts directed at them from instructors. One of Schatz's teachers refused to grant him extra computer time, although he had granted it to his other students, to finish a data analysis for a sociology research project on attitudes toward gays, and further told Schatz his subject was worthless. One other student remembers separate private conversations each of them had with the same high-ranking administrative official, where the official asked each student if a female junior faculty member...
More cooperation between countries will ensue from the elimination of 150 nationalistic sovereign states. His plans include an electric energy network grid extending across the world, making energy consumption more efficient, recycling resources, and using lighter alloys. He also seeks to eliminate worthless occupations--such as insurance agencies--because these services should be provided outside the market...