Word: hollow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...existential objections ring a bit hollow. How will it feel to be one clone among hundreds? the anticloners ask. Probably no worse than it feels to be the 3 millionth 13-year-old dressed in identical baggy trousers, untied sneakers and baseball cap -- a feeling usually described as "cool." In mass- consumer society, notions like "precious individuality" are best reserved for the Nike...
...think these agreements weaken the treaty, but it's not a hollow treaty," said Martin...
...which it collapses, losing foundation. The plot lacks any long-term coherence, for Merlyn's mission in life changes from scene to scene. There is no one clear goal, no one definite crescendo which the audience can anticipate. As a result, Merlyn's personal triumphs and defeats ring hollow and are boring...
Julie Peters' letter to the editor ["Garza's Second Victory is Hollow at Best," November 8 Crimson] showed a complete lack of understanding of the events that took place concerning the election of the U.C. Vice President...
...pool. Old lecture hall seats, minus the fold-up desks, are placed neatly down a slope to the deep end. The entire theatre, including the stage, is elevated about four feet above the pool floor by a system of wooden beams (I peeked under a trap door); this hollow, thin stage helped four slim girls with tap shoes register a 6.0 on the Richter scale in the first scene. The remnants of the pool are beautiful: an old sloped roof gives the feeling of a small playhouse, while brass guard-rails, a grey marble deck, ornate stone ledges...