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...sweeping the singles competition, 6-0, the netmen clinched an early victory and robbed the match of any suspense. But even a runaway can be valuable to a squad struggling to gain some momentum, and the afternoon was not devoid of interest...
...late Earl Mountbatten, who is considered to have had as strong an influence on Charles' life as any teacher-or even any parent. The politics of the future King of England are not a matter for the public record, although Mountbatten pointed out that "Charles is completely devoid of color prejudice. He just can't understand what the prejudices can be about. In this respect, the Queen, Philip and Charles are the complete antithesis of the Duke of Windsor...
...down in miniscule details of little significance. Into a book already saturated with facts and figures, Rashke throws in the bills charged by wrecking companies years before, the shape and size of folders and notebooks, and the life histories of individuals Silkwood met for two hours. In a book devoid of details, these facts would add realism. Instead, they make Rashke's book read at times like a lawyer's brief or a set of raw detective notes...
...master classes at Juilliard. Perhaps the cliché is correct: art is inscrutable. That may be the wisdom in a musing early in her career by Italian Conductor Nicola Rescigno: "It is a deep mystery why a girl born into a musically unsophisticated family, and raised in an atmosphere devoid of operatic tradition, should have been blessed with the ability to sing the perfect recitative...
...cross the Square with your friends, and it is ominously devoid of students. Pick up a New York Times at Out-of-Town News, and head over to Mug'n Muffin for breakfast. You take the special and eat ravenously. Back to the room for a nap before your next workout at three in the afternoon. You fall asleep immemediately...