Word: devoide
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...publication of Angela's Ashes. But the undercurrents of anger and resentment that reverberate through the book show us the raw underbelly of that dream: the humiliation, the loneliness, the despair and the jealousy. McCourt's second novel does not exist as an extension of his first book, devoid of any meaning. Rather, it shows us that the American dream--romantic though it may be--is still very much what his brother Alphie calls a "tormenting dream...
...This is not to say that Body Shots is devoid of interest. There are some genuinely funny scenes, such as when one character is introduced into a new sexual theater, and it does portray sex in all its awkwardness and difficulty. But in the end, from being beaten over the head with pop psychology, the result is not a revelation, simply a pounding in the ears...
...protest of the second poor call of Game 4 and got himself ejected. As far as I'm concerned, Williams' actions just tightened his lock on the award. Williams was taking the only recourse he had at that moment, declaring his frustration with an umpiring system devoid of any checks or balances...
...when government subsidizes empty desecration, devoid of any intellectual or artistic value, the state itself is making that determination--and this is the very evil a neutral First Amendment was supposed to guard against. So proponents of the mayor can still support his tough stand on a painting that callously juxtaposed the scatological with the divine, right? So it seems. Until, that is, they learn that Chris Ofili is a Roman Catholic who uses elephant feces as a symbol of fertility. On what possible grounds can we then deny funding to his affirmative interpretation of Christianity...
...virtuoso pianist untapped. Morris spent his time reading the president's private diaries, watching old films and tracking down everyone from Reagan's high school flames to Colin Powell, only to discover that the President had a total lack of interest in other people which left him devoid of any type of detailed inner life. Ronald Reagan, it seems, might as well have been the man in the moon...