Word: hollow
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...many cases appeared arbitrary at best, some selections appeared politically motivated at worst. Sites advocating legal euthanasia, Satanism and even Christianity were blacklisted. Initially, the Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy, denied that the list on Wikileaks and the ACMA blacklist are the same, a denial that rang a little hollow when one of its partners, the Internet Industry Association (IIA), publicly condemned the release and posting of the list. "No reasonable person could countenance the publication of links which promote access to child-abuse images, irrespective of their motivation, which in this case appears to be political," said IIA chief...
...refashion our economic and health-care and energy systems accordingly. But at least as much of the new America of the 2010s and beyond will be the result of transformed sensibility, changes in our understanding of what's important and sensible and attractive, and what feels hollow or silly or nuts...
...just wrong.”Croft and Clapp also emphasize that the Discussion Group aims to investigate the relationship between arts and creativity as separate but overlapping entities. Rather than being mutually inclusive, creativity is essential to and arises from all disciplines.“Creativity is a hollow word that takes on different meanings in different contexts,” Clapp says. He and Croft insist that artists do not have a sole claim on creativity. “Most people want to consider themselves creative,” Croft says. “Your idea of what creativity...
...Cuba. Obama’s first post on the White House website also claimed that his administration would be “the most open and transparent in history.” But the promise of “change” has thus far proven to be hollow...
...spring training), but along the Acela line it is much ... too ... long to wait for Obama to fix the economy. And so the doomsday chorus began: He's trying to do too much. He's doing too little. His bank bailout is too complicated. His health-care plan is hollow. The great orator can't communicate his priorities. His priorities are clear - but screwed...