Word: useless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end lights burned late in the old grey State Department building in Washington. If Cordell Hull & Co. were not talking, at least they were pondering -perhaps preparing to act. Unless the U. S. was willing to go all-out against Japan, it would be useless to slap an embargo on oil, because that would be an invitation to Japan to take the East Indies. But an agreement with Britain for a string of Far Eastern naval bases from New Zealand to Singapore was worth pondering, as were the chances of Japan's risking war to keep...
Year after the fire crime was more blatant, the police more useless than ever. From 1871 to 1894 Chicago had one active patrolman for every 20,000 residents. The Chicago Times in 1877 looked upon the rebuilt city, saw "orgies held there that . . . indicate that ancient Sodom and Gomorrah had phoenixed themselves somewhere in the neighborhood...
...feel his blocking touch in the Stadium Saturday. A third member of the Michigan backfield is pile-driving Bob Westfall, the fullback. If Senior halfback Paul Kremer gets a definite medical okay, Coach Crisler will be able to field one of the best backfields of all time. It's useless to try and concoct new superlatives for Harmon; just try to imagine him as a combination of all the others. He is just as elusive as Dartmouth's little Ted Arice, has more breakaway speed than Torbie Macdonald had, weighs a good 190 pounds, and has the running savvy...
...overboard and get ashore in practice landings, drowning not a few in the process. One German airman, when shot down over England, asked to be sent to the nearest German Army station. Told that it was across the Channel, he said: "It's at Reading. It's useless to lie to me. I know all about...
...student the country says continue with your studies until you are called for special duty. Untrained men are as useless to a nation in times of peace as in days of war. To aid individuals in developing their potentialities to the utmost, the schools, colleges and universities of this nation are supported and maintained," concluded President Conant...