Word: hollower
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...flip side, the number of times that I’ve heard the description, “the band that will save rock and roll” from record companies and magazines in the past year is quickly approaching infinity, and translates into a hollow gimmick to sell more records—platitudes are often the worst kind of compliment. But to reinforce the pre-existing hype, nostalgia has been hanging oppressively in air for a band whose musical roots include punk and brit-pop. Such a noble rock lineage evokes memories of music’s halcyon days where...
...will it be through the kind of uplifting wrap-ups that "The West Wing" specializes in, which rang a little more hollow than usual last night. At the end of the episode, after the White House is declared safe, Josh Lyman tells the students to go back, live their lives, pursue their dreams and be kids, without letting fear of terrorism dominate their existence...
Trimble’s words reinforce the no-nonsense stance on terrorism that has recently engulfed the international community. Now is not the time to accept the IRA’s hollow calls for decommissioning “talks.” Action is needed...
...Twin Towers had been knocked to the ground if people at the 69th Regiment Armory were crying, if they were clinging to one another in tight bunches, filling the gaping auditorium with sobs. But they aren't. Assembled in the hall are thousands of the walking wounded--the hollow-eyed mothers, lovers, brothers of people who went to work two days ago and disappeared. They answer police officers' questions, they hand over dental records, they describe the meaning of obscure tattoos, they feel sick, they tear up, they pick at ham sandwiches. But only very rarely does someone begin...
...sure people see it as silly or hollow, but a lot of people died on Tuesday, and [showing the flag] is a symbolic remembrance of that,” Rohatgi said in an interview...