Word: profitless
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...names of such places might be multiplied indefinitely A few hours devoted to visiting some of the more famous will amply repay anyone by a heightened interest in his surroundings and a sharpened sense of observation. It might be mentioned that the empty and profitless Sunday afternoons of winter will soon be here...
...topic is. The headlines of the dailies are often unreliable and sometimes intentionally misleading as to the nature of the news underneath. To compare the history of the war as, written in the headlines of certain American newspapers, with the actual course of events would be an amusing, though profitless, occupation. Second, it is impossible to understand the progress of a campaign without a map of the field of operations. Third, it must be remembered that the date and place at the head of the dispatches are often put on in the office and so cannot be relied upon...