Word: devoid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...harshest of these attacks are true, SoftRAM 95 isn't just one more computer product that fails to live up to its hype; it's a hollow piece of Potemkin programming, devoid of the advanced, patent-pending compression technology touted in its packaging. In short, says Mark Russinovich, a University of Oregon computer scientist, "the thing is a fraud...
...Ives' Christmas (HarperCollins; 248 pages; $23) is an homage to religious piety, unfailing modesty and moral rectitude. At the novel's center is Ives, a man who overcame his foundling-home beginnings to become a successful Manhattan illustrator and advertising executive. Despite his position, Ives lives a life devoid of bourgeois affectation. He gives to the poor, lusts for no one but his wife and refuses to judge those around him. He is a saint incapable of sanctimony...
...attempts to open up the play to outside influences, he simplifies and limits the text. All the hammering percussion cannot drum up the menace his actors fail to instill. All the bewitching lighting effects cannot etherealize an Ariel (Aunjanue Ellis) who delivers a version of "Full fathom five..." devoid of gorgeous heartbreak...
...sound-track album to attain gold status was produced under my auspices more than 25 years ago. It was the music from the afternoon series Dark Shadows. Unlike most of today's TV sound tracks, this album contained only Charles Grean's original music from the show and was devoid of appearances by major stars. We used the people in the series and cut it for under $10,000--cheap even in those times. Today the record business is a whole different ball game, and the sales potential of the CD depends as much on who performs the music...
...newly legitimized council appeal to the administration for binding decision-making power in its committee memberships and for greater jurisdiction over student-related areas of College governance. This stage will not come quickly, and certainly not in the present term. The path to this stage is boring and long, devoid of the punchy promises and mega-plans that usually guarantee electoral victory. But we hope that our present council membership will be far-sighted, and set themselves and the council on a course which will radically alter the meaning and the power of the council in the long run. They...