Word: worthlessness
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...great flaw in the movie is the music, which is tuneless, mawkish, and worthless. Bing, though a peerless song plugger, is left this time with a carload of goldbricks. He receives adequate and on pitch assistance from his leading lady, Rhonda Fleming, but as we said before, two times nothing is still nothing...
Edwin Thomas Meredith, the man who made "Merediths," built it up from a seemingly worthless wedding present. In 1895, his uncle deeded the 19-year-old bridegroom a dying Populist paper, the Des Moines Farmers' Tribune. In seven years, Meredith put the unsuccessful Tribune into the black, then sold it to start Successful Farming with the profits. By 1922, he was selling ads for the first issue of his second magazine, Fruit, Garden and Home (now B. H. & G.). At his death in 1928, Publisher Meredith (who had been Wilson's Secretary of Agriculture) left a gilt-edged...
...guesses at and finally misunderstands their meaning. When Mrs. Baines accidentally falls to her death, Felipe is certain that Baines has killed her; his lies to protect his friend all but cost Baines his neck. Ironically, Baines is saved by a piece of evidence that only Felipe knows is worthless...
...things on the spot. But there was no improvement in earnings and little in service. Passengers still had to line up for the trains, were often still packed in cars as tightly as books in a case. The railroad, which now owes the Pennsy $53 million, was far from worthless. "Even if it were sold for scrap," said a Pennsy official, "it would bring $65 million...
...Briggs could run up points in the dive, Ted Norris stands a good chance to win the 440-yard freestyle, and Chuck Hoelzer could conceivably win in the 200-yard breaststroke. Any other figuring is worthless from this point...