Word: meaninglessness
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...games are unreasonably expensive, often meaningless, frequently unpopular. There have been more of them than ever this season. With more traditions than most such contests, N. Y. U. i). Georgia last week drew 65,000 spectators, ended much the same way as last year's game and by the same score (7 to 6) after Mott had run back the second-half kickoff for a touchdown and after Vernon ("Catfish") Smith had place-kicked the winning point and made the tackle, on fourth down with a few minutes to play, stopping N. Y. U.'s Bill Abee...
...years ago, Stuart Chase let a good deal of light into this jungle by writing a book called "Your Money's Worth," in which he showed that the individual buyer is hopelessly lost in a Wonderland of conflicting and meaningless claims. Though large consumers, such as great hotels, can command the services of testing laboratories and can lower expenses by letting manufacturers offer bids to their rigid specifications, the unprotected small buyer has none of the technical facilities to make comparative tests. Mr. Chase urged that unbiased information be made available to every intelligent buyer. Recently this has been done...
...Prince's head as he is not at all musical, but he was very enthusiastic. Chaliapin, I must say, made a wonderful host, drinking a toast to each one of his guests, be ginning of course with the Prince. The toast was in Russian . . . ended with the two meaningless words, in which every body joined - 'Za-Za!' I talked a good deal to the Prince that evening, telling him all sorts of jokes, which he enjoyed very much. ... To think that there was the future King of England, sitting in the midst of people who have come...
...means easy, Chemistry 6 is one of the most interesting courses in the department to those who have any flair for mathematics. The subject covered is elementary Physical Chemistry, often a meaningless name to the uninitiate. It involves simply the measurement, with accurate instruments, of the physical quantities connected with the simplest reactions. The laboratory work, especially the second half year, is not irksome, and often may be accomplished in one afternoon a week...
...Friern Barnet, thought he had found a way to control confetti. He would charge five shillings ($1.25) extra per wedding, to be forfeit should any confetti be thrown. At Hatneld, Herts., it was proposed to charge ten shillings. Pontificated Rev. Oscar Stanway, vicar of Claygate, Surrey: "Confetti-throwing is meaningless and messy!" Even worse, said he, is the prevalent practice of throwing imitation rose petals: they show up much more. "Never heard an argument in favor of confetti," said Rev. F. L. H. Millard of St. John-the-Evangelist, North Brixton, London. It was all right, he thought, to throw...