Word: hollowed
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...most important decision of her first years in office that fact should weigh heavily on her mind. All the lofty rhetoric about how Harvard was a college for its first two centuries or how the College is the most central unit to Harvard’s mission will ring hollow if Faust’s dean acts as only a dean of the Faculty and not as a dean of students as well...
...satisfaction that we seek as we live and work at elite universities. Unfortunately, at institutions like Oxford and Harvard, that discussion is conducted only superficially, railroaded by students’ single-minded pursuit of prestige. It is time that we at Harvard, recipients of such extraordinary privilege, abandon that hollow pastime, put our complaints into perspective, and find satisfaction in the present...
...part because it’s so determinedly somber. That one can get through repeated listens at all—especially with lyrics as bleak as “I’m standing on a stage / Of fear and self-doubt / It’s a hollow play / But they’ll clap anyway.” For the second time, the Arcade Fire haven’t just made great songs; they’ve made a great album. “Neon Bible” gives their fans—as well as newcomers?...
...Department described the sudden departure as long planned, having nothing to do with the controversial terminations he had been required to carry out. But Democrats immediately questioned that version of events. Said Linda Sanchez, a California Democrat: "The wheels are coming off the Bush Administration's increasingly hollow defense of its decision...
...gotten straight answers from the Department of Justice, which changed its own story... and admitted the firings weren't based on job performance," declared Linda Sanchez, chairwoman of the Judiciary subcommittee that is holding one of today's hearings. "The wheels are coming off the Bush Administration's increasingly hollow defense of its decision...