Similarly, my life felt useless and wasteful.

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But Congress has made a habit of letting these measures expire and then bringing them back to life, no matter how useless they are.

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And 18-year-old Simoti Majhi struggles through life with a hunched back and a useless right hand.

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The search for life on Mars (past or present), which few would argue is scientifically useless, would be greatly enhanced by the skill and judgment that only a human expert could bring to the task.

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