Word: needless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...province of the Student Council must be that of an organized body. The plans announced today affirming the intention of the Student Council to appoint nominating committees to work in conjunction with the present class officers are needless. To say that they are a departure from tradition without the consent of the classes is to say almost nothing, in view of the general disinterest in the matter. Nevertheless, here again it would be better to do things with some measure of regularity...
Treatment. Until the cause (or causes) of Cancer is known there can be no specific prevention. But eminent students like Professor Ewing already know sufficient to warn the public against needless irritants - tight brassieres, ragged teeth, ill-fitting dental work, foods too hot or spicy, too much smoking, burns, wounds which do not heal. One should not pick at warts or moles. A woman should see that she is thoroughly repaired after child birth...
...Needless to say I shall have to make this an anonymous letter...
...King of Siam, had his 37th birthday. With customary flourish of formality the State Department despatched to Bangkok a cablegram, signed Herbert Hoover, in which "sincere felicitations on behalf of the American people" were extended. Next April President Hoover will receive King Prajadhipok, traveling incognito to save money and needless ceremony, when he comes to the U. S. for the removal of a cataract in Manhattan...
...population of the U. S. is as yet unprovided with official local health service which approaches adequacy." Smartly he chided county officials: "As a consequence of this deficiency, there is a sacrifice of the health and lives and material resources of many persons every year, a sacrifice which is needless because preventable, and preventable by measures readily within our means and demonstrated to be in the highest sense economical. The situation is practical and urgent. It should be dealt with cogently, constructively and promptly...