Word: hollower
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...Death of a Child" (1927-28) is an especially haunting watercolor: children dressed in red and blue appear on a playground, fenced off from the adults in the black and gray street who have been reduced to figures out of Munch's "Scream"-both elongated and hunched with hollow eyes. Shortly after the burial of her father, a railroad clerk, Neel painted "Dead Father" (1946): a gentle-looking man, slightly too stiff to be asleep, lies in the bed of his coffin...
...feel of a sellout album. The instrumental work is impressive, especially the wailing guitars of "Killed by an Angel" and "One," but it is Enigk's pleasantly haunting voice that sets The Rising Tide apart from other alternative releases. At times screeching and whiny and at others plaintive and hollow, Enigk's mesmerizing sound captures an impressive range of emotions. "Rain Song" stands out as a work of simple beauty that will appeal even to those not enamored with the band's power-trio sound, while "Faces in Disguise" demonstrates the band's ability to tone things down without losing...
...While George W.'s compassionate conservatism puts purpose back into prosperity and Gore's hollow populism fights the powerful forces, take care to listen to the call of Nader, whose politics, however incomplete, speak truth to power in a way Gore and Bush cannot...
...question is not whether the oil release is a pander but whether the pander is a good one or bad one--an effective policy that also wins votes or just a hollow gesture. The answer depends on whether this is a true oil emergency--and whether 30 million bbl. will help solve...
...Capitol dome, symbol of our democracy, turns out to be cast iron painted to look like stone--a massive, mighty but hollow facade. There must be a hidden meaning in that. In this five-episode series, author-illustrator David Macaulay (The Way Things Work) looks at megastructures--bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams and tunnels--and the aspirations they embody. The series is probably a touch light for architecture buffs. For the layperson, it's an engaging look at how and why humankind shaped the landscape with seemingly impossible structures, and was shaped in turn by them...