Word: meaningless
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...enjoy one of his prescriptions: his dance arrangements of familiar arias from Italian operas. So far he has turned bits from The Barber of Seville, Rigoletto and Trovatore into sambas; one of his biggest hits is a dance number derived from Carmen in which he sings a jumble of meaningless words in a high falsetto while the rest of the band chimes in with a robust Toreador chorus...
...hesitation to demand clear-cut action from the U.N. stemmed partly from fears that: 1) the General Assembly would refuse to pass a strong resolution against Red China, or 2) many nations would abstain from voting on a strong resolution, thereby making it nearly meaningless even if passed. At Lake Success and in Washington, U.S. diplomats were busily polling and exploring other nations' views. As the week ended, the U.S. had not worked out a clear-cut view...
...Defense Department announced that it was "obligating" the money for guns, tanks and planes. By last week, it had obligated an estimated half of the $30 billion appropriated for arms this fiscal year. But the catch lies in the fact that "obligation" without blueprints and contracts is meaningless as far as adding to the supply of weapons is concerned. Such a small part of the huge emergency appropriations has actually been spent that the Treasury, which is engaged in deficit financing, has run a smaller deficit during the last five months than it did in the same months last year...
...during the next six months. Wherever there is time for him to train assistants, he will also conduct a demonstration of the Mass as it was performed in approximately 200 A.D. Such Dix demonstrations aim to make Communion meaningful to Christians for whom it has been a beautiful but meaningless fossil of antique forms...
Though the Crimson and Tech are the two top crews of the East, today's race will be completely meaningless. Both the Harvard and the Tech entries will be planned by oarsmen who rowed in the second or third boat or on freshmen crews last year...