Word: worthlessness
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Then there are the ring sellers whose wares are worthless. An expresident of The Crimson once told me that he was the only guy on his corridor who managed to evict the ring salesman who obnoxiously pushed his way into his room: "I told him I was a Seventh Day Adventist and that we aren't allowed to wear jewelry." If nothing else works, I guess you ought to give that...
...time," the unaffiliated rad said loftily, suggesting by his intonation that anyone who did so had absorbed the work ethic of monopoly capital as to be worthless for whatever revolutionary purpose he professed to serve. "I do it by length. Thirty-three and a half pages a night. I count pictures as half a page." One-upsmanship goes on at Harvard, too, and this conversation would not have been impossible at a Harvard demonstration. But it might have been less likely, just as there were probably fewer people at Harvard than in many other places who denounced demonstrators for their...
...Growers understand sales. The memory of the last great boycott is their recurring nightmare. If the grocers find their customers turning away, the Delano and Fresno growers won't be so fast to conspire with the Teamsters when their UFW contracts expire. To be stuck with a worthless crop is a fate even worse then negotiating with a worker-controlled union...
...recorded that they went to Haaaaavard. All can have their cake and eat it too. But why send Oliver Twist to bed hungry? Would a few extra bowls of knowledge really bankrupt THE Corporation? Some people think education is priceless; by requiring people to pay money, others make education worthless. I am one, I speak for many. My name was not on the class list, therefore I am nameless...
...because this crowd contains reporters, the Kansas City politicians and baseball officials are doling out complimentary 50 cent lighters, 19 cent pens, and worthless commemmorative medallions. The locals hope the press will not only report the action of the game but also the wonders of Kansas City. The wonders include a new hotel, several fountains, and major league franchises in baseball and football. There is also an airport 20 miles from the city and a basketball team that plays half its games in Nebraska...