Study debunks notion that large chunks of Medicare go to futile end-of-life care.
"If he tries to act as mediator, it's going to be futile, a wasted effort.
There was genuine sadness on both sides of the sales counter as the camera repairman, Herb Zimmerman, and the woman who wanted her camera repaired, Donna Janis, realized that their meeting was going to be futile.
Every generation seems to have one man who is willing to stand alone and stand apart from the corruption of the crowd, and that man will do everything he possibly can – on some level it's still going to be futile – to advance the civilization and the level of spiritual excellence of the people that much further.
For a footballer anticipating a hostile reception upon his return to a former club the sound of silence might actually be more unnerving, but the depth of feeling among some Southampton supporters towards the 26-year-old means trying to withhold their invective is probably going to be futile.
Attempting to control the world is always going to be futile.
"What that means is that policies of reconciliation or of bringing people together or of debate or discussion is going to be futile for South Africa, if at the same time we cannot ensure that the real telling experience in terms of living standards doesn't improve".
The U.S. Congress has refused to hold any serious debate to authorize America's on-going futile wars in the Greater Middle East.
Privacy is even going to become more futile with the internet of things as every device with an on an off switch will be connected to the web.
If not, the whole exercise risk going down as another futile attempt to stop the killing in Syria.
So the planning goes on -- futile though it now seems to be -- to spend $355 million dollars for a new arena in Newark in an effort to head off urban archeologists trying to get to the bottom of why New Jersey's largest city could not survive and prosper.
