Word: disinterestness
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Normally the summer months bring a distinct lull to the sports world. This is, of course, due to the dormancy of the three "N's": the NFL, NBA and NHL. Recent years have brought a growing disinterest in baseball. This summer was even bad for golf as a bunch of no names dominated the majors...
...good sense got the better of me and I mover over, glowering at him all the while. I took out my free magazine (one of the perks of flying the shuttle) and tried to look absorbed--again, to no avail. In total disregard for my obvious shows of disinterest, the man started talking. "So, are you in school around here?" With a sigh of resignation, I turned and answered...
...Core fails to meet its goal of making, "Harvard undergraduate education useful, engaging and enlivening." The faculty must ask whether a student ought to memorize and regurgitate or read and discuss. Moreover, those few Cores which do captivate the student fall victim to over-subscription, exacerbating the already prevalent disinterest...
...clearly fails to meet its objectives. It wrongly assumes the existence of a lost and misguided student body, and its requirements limit rather than expand the breadth of undergraduate education. The level of coercion involved contributes not to intellectual discourse but rather to resignation brought upon by boredom and disinterest...
...however, reaped its reward in the development, instead of the usual disconnected and episodic character of that section. Haitink's interpretation was brisk and lively. He could only be faulted for his treatment of the piece's climax--the return of the chorale--which he sprinted through with inappropriate disinterest...