Air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers.

I proceeded to burn all useless papers; and sure enough, from a batch of Adler's, not previously examined with thoroughness, out dropped that long-desired scrap!

An unlocked drawer, filled with useless papers, would not command a thorough search by a burglar.

She looked down at the mass of useless papers, and wondered what the next step would be.

Yet to Joe Cardona it was no more than a scrap of useless paper.

The committee was established on February 16, 1889, by "An Act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the Executive Departments."

The Americans, he saw, like the Europeans, loved useless papers.

Firefighters "apparently viewed this as another piece of useless paper," said Mr. Fairbanks.

I burned unflattering pictures, useless papers, and clothes.

'You must be curious, Hamid, about why I place such importance on this scrap of useless paper.'