Word: barrenness
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...time, they hope, the residents of these islands (some of which have populations of not much more than 100 people) will be enticed to move to larger, more secure places like Hulhumalé, an artificial island being built from scratch just across the lagoon from the capital. Hulhumalé is rather barren looking, but it has one very attractive feature--it towers more than 6 ft. above sea level, twice the elevation of most of Mal?...
...Although some consider the search a minor nuisance not worth the trouble to repeal, small comforts can greatly increase the benefit students reap. The relatively minor renovation of the fifth floor of Lamont transformed it from a barren studying-Siberia deserted by students to a flourishing study space...
...vendors. They are thus the brand's local distributors. Some recalled being stopped on the street in recent weeks by angry and argumentative Coke drinkers. "The consumer resented the fact that we put a flavor out there and said. 'This is what you're going to like,' " observed Frank Barren, corporate secretary of Rome Coca-Cola Bottling in Georgia...
...Winning over the Afghans by piecing together their war-shattered country has done more to weaken the Taliban and al-Qaeda than any military operation, say Afghan and American officials. U.S. troops who arrived in Afghanistan expecting to battle Taliban in the ravines now find themselves instead in grim, barren places like Omar's village laying irrigation pipe. And once the villagers began trusting the Americans, say Afghan officials, they slowly abandoned support for the Taliban...
...laying hens are arguably the most mistreated animals in modern agribusiness. In the United States, 300 million hens—nearly one for every American—are intensively confined in “battery cages,†which are filing cabinet-sized, barren metal cages so small the birds cannot even spread their wings, let alone engage in other natural behaviors such as nesting, foraging, perching, or even walking. Millions of male chicks are killed annually because they are unable to lay eggs and are different breeds from chickens raised for meat. Right after birth, they are gassed...