Word: meaningless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From now until November a popular pastime will be straw-voting. In Chicago the Tribune, in New York State the Daily News, summoned citizens to cast meaningless ballots in voting machines which were lugged around to make "copy" and gain publicity. The Hearst press announced that it would do the same throughout the land. Remarked, though meaningless, in the early returns last week was a large "straw" lead recorded for Smith in that citadel of Republicanism, Pittsburgh...
...least acquainted with its history and rich traditional background, is lacking in a fundamental knowledge if not a thorough appreciation of the College. Nothing drives this home more forcibly than the annual Class Day. To the casual observer it might appear merely another day of meaningless jubilation and glamorous festivity, superficial and transitory. To the initiated, to those who can penetrate beneath the gay laughter, the forced smiles, the whirl and blaze of confetti and streamers, is revealed a deep insight into a romantic trend in the history of Harvard...
...made gods. The fruit of his three score years of contemplation is a brilliant exposure of those gods, pointing to the irony of the fear they are able to rouse in man. His leisurely narrative is rich in satire and delicious humor, which may easily be misunderstood for meaningless, if somewhat lickerish, drool. But even the most matter-of-fact reader will envy the bright existence led by Douglas' creatures, and be charmed by his prose...
...Orphan and the countless other minute facts such as might be required on a daily examination paper in many of our English courses. But art is long and life is short as several astute gentlemen have observed before out time, and such microscopic examinations of limited fields are quire meaningless to the large majority inadequately prepared for these courses. (Yale News...
...European history or 14 with that of the French Revolution has remained as much of a mystery as why 3 should lead to a knowledge of the Roman Empire or 32 to the general history of the United States. But it has recently been discovered that numbers, in themselves meaningless, can carry great significance if arranged in proper sequence. Beginning with several changes in next year's "Announcement of Courses of Instruction" the History Department has decided to have low numbers signify elementary courses while the larger numbers represent progressively more advanced courses...