Word: uselessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hope that somewhere out there, some town can withstand the onslaught of modern culture and consumerism and retain some element of their history and individuality. And, if that fails, there's always the "inexhaustible" array of useless garbage you can buy at Wal-Mart for those of us still seeking variety. Timothy F. Sohn '01, a Crimson editor, is a history and science concentrator in Adams House...
Unfortunately, it's useless to confront themwith this. Unlike their female counterparts,they'll just make excuses
...your article about patients and doctors exchanging e-mail is true [PERSONAL TIME: YOUR HEALTH, Aug. 17], and people really believe communication has opened up, then I guess everything we physicians were taught in med school about interpreting nonverbal cues and other interactive signals during an examination was useless. You suggested limiting e-mail to "routine inquiries" such as requests for referral. This would indicate that a particularly complicated medical problem has arisen, demanding a thorough clinical investigation by a person's present doctor. Motives of both patients and physicians willing to carry out such a complex interaction...
...know it is about romance and adventure and danger and the beauty of a person on a quest. The story-hungry mind is ageless too. And here is the old/new story of courage in a distant place, of daring and going. Never mind that the carpers call this mission useless. The public does not require a usefulness beyond its own admiring pleasure. As for the practicalities of the space program, it was never so useful as when it reminded the country of heroic capabilities...
...pokes fun and raises questions about the state of the former Soviet Union during the late '80s and early '90s. In addition, the latter play doesn't contain the painful and poignant emotional turbulence that the former is famous for. To try to compare them any further would be useless. But rest assured that, if you were genuinely moved by the powerful presence of Angels last fall, you will probably enjoy the bizarre Slavs! this summer...