Word: hollowing
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...Armani sunglasses. Therefore, my return has been fraught with a pain not felt by most Harvardians who study abroad over the summer. Many of them spend time in a foreign land by building automated sewage systems out of discarded lead pipes, living in burlap huts, and showering with a hollow gourd. These poor souls inevitably suffer from severe culture shock when they re-enter the United States. They find it materialistic and complain about the sheer surplus of caramel macchiatos. This is not what happened to me when I returned from Bella Italia. If I did experience any culture shock...
...Like the pope, Schwarzenegger regrets that people were offended by his remarks, not that he said something offensive. The trouble with these half-apologies is that they sound hollow, even if those who offer them are genuinely sorry. Instead of being a humbling experience from which they appear to learn, politicians have turned the act of apologizing into a mechanical exercise in public relations...
...humvee bed was cold and hard, an inhospitable place to awaken. I struggled to sit up and fell back. My right leg burned from knee to hip. Blood was oozing from it; my right arm felt heavy and numb. Was I having a nightmare? The hollow, faraway sound of voices was dreamlike. I shook my right arm, trying to wake it up. Still no response. I elevated...
...regretted. And while an orderly transition is obviously desirable for the Labour Party, it has fallen prey to the logic of personal ambition in a parliamentary system. A Prime Minister on his way out just doesn't have the juice: his threats of punishment and promises of advancement ring hollow. MPs start jockeying for the next guy's approval - and the bitter feud between Blair and Brown means no one wants to be the last to jump from the sinking S.S. Blair...
...probably wouldn?t think so: in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he had assembled some 4,000 acres in this part of New York State, some of the most verdant land in the Hudson River valley. It?s a lovely spot that brims with history - Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., is nearby - and as good as any place to be naked in a linen closet...