Word: uselessness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...flattered and amused that Britain was courting her. Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky even had lunch at the London house of Lady Astor, hostess of the famed appeasement-favoring Cliveden Set. But Russia let it be known that since Russia and Germany have no common borders, the Soviet signature was useless without Poland's, and suggested an anti-Nazi conference. This was apparently too near to definite action for the ever-cautious British. The realistic French Quai d'Orsay looked upon the proposed British declaration as a typical instance of Anglo-Saxon diplomatic piety. French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet...
...whole body is twisting in a useless effort. His chest tries to expand to inhale some air, and His head has fallen sideways. . . . Convulsions shake His body from head to foot. His heart is beating wildly. Red tears are streaming down His cheeks. Oh! His head has fallen completely backwards, and it looks as if He had fainted...
...specific attack was made by Zimmerman upon the manner in which "marriage" courses are taught in general. The tendency to popularize, rather than to "stick to the scientific truths" of the matter has made most courses in marriage useless, he asserted...
...historical angle Potter showed that it was originally under Germanic influence but that it had evolved a culture of its own which had developed on strongly anti-German lines. The Czech attitude in the September crisis is an indication of their stubborn character but now that stubbornness seems useless...
...education through the self of primary importance? The university should recognize that no teacher can teach anything; from him, students can only learn. A Bliss Prize Exam, "a notable reading list in history, a series of brilliant lectures, a group of earnest scholars"--all these are useless without the student's personal drive...