Word: hollowing
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...Hollow Hills, Stewart...
...bombing of Cambodia. Dramatically, it would be hard to improve on the Watergate hearings as a last act for the Tragedy of America in Indochina--except, of course, by Nixon's impeachment under suitably histrionic dramatic circumstances. Even as it is, Vietnam beats Coriolanus hollow. Yet this dramatic connection hides a deeper, more genuine one which comes out in the struggle over Indochina...
...apartment she and Wordsworth share with souvenirs of her continental high life, but they give it only a faded ratty elegance. Glass ornaments flash everywhere -- the powder jars and pin bowls, gold cherubs and a chandelier that looks like an upside-down wedding cake are cheap reminders of now hollow dreams. For at 70, she is unmarried, childless, and penniless, and the mauve colored gauze through which she views her world cannot protect her from...
...silent tombstones, and Charonian shadows leapt and grimaced with unspeakable frenzy. What was most unusual for a dream was that my nose was active, wrinkling in disgust at the fetor of rotten grass and the ichor of freshly overturned earth. This time the enshrouded figure spoke to me in hollow tones: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." I woke up screaming...
...would be tragic if Richard Nixon's considerable achievements as President were coupled in history with the sordid business of Watergate?as now seems likely. Yet for a while, at least, one of his most cherished words, "honor," will have a hollow ring...