Word: needlessly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thank you for the tranquilizer prescribed by gentle Dr. Libby. It is a vast relief to know that we may dismiss from our minds the fears that have haunted Dr. Schweitzer. Surely it is needless to face fearful facts when playing ostrich is so much more comforting...
Total Threat. "I earnestly be" lieve that this defense budget represents . . . the proper dividing line between national danger on the one hand and excessive expenditure on the other," he said the next night on TV. "If it is materially cut, I believe the country would be taking a needless gamble ... To this kind of problem I have devoted most of my life. I repeat my earnest belief that the estimate in the budget for our military forces, atomic energy and stockpiling . . . represents a defense program which is as nearly accurate, in present circumstances, as it is humanly possible to make...
...other two regulars also fared rather poorly at bat. Right fielder Matt Botsford only managed .200, but stole six bases. Catcher Phil Haughey did a fine job in handling his pitchers and smacked two home runs among his 11 hits. Needless to say, however, 11 out of 57 does not figure as a substantial batting average...
...E.B.F. story [April 29] is the best single piece of reporting on the activities of the film company that I have ever seen. Needless to say, there is a lot of mileage yet to be covered before the audio-visual field has penetrated as deeply into education as it should...
...extremely disappointing to read that Radcliffe membership in Harvard organizations had been rejected by the Student Council on such seemingly minor, or at best, ill-defined grounds. Needless to say, the present policy on membership discriminates against Radcliffe students who want to be an active part of Harvard activities, let alone those girls who would like to join activities where girls have previously not been allowed...