Word: hollowing
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...Hanssen actually seemed to like the slow, intricate building of counterintelligence cases and was well suited to it. If criminal agents called the other realm "Sleepy Hollow," the NSD boys scoffed at their rivals as "knuckle draggers." As an agent who worked with Hanssen in the Soviet unit put it, "The counterintelligence agents read the New York Times, and the criminal agents read the Daily News. Espionage cases are the best cases in the world because they're very cerebral." So was Hanssen. He read voraciously, everything from spy novels to Marxist tomes to the richly detailed logs filed...
Only if the business school has the courage to live up to its promise will it be able to state its mission in good faith. Until then, the words ring hollow...
...Tina could try some real bush tucker. Tiny black stingless bees, often called sweat bees, would lead her to the fix. "If you sit in the shade they'll land on you, and you just follow them home," Lilley says. "They'll usually be in a hollow tree, and what Aboriginal people did was cut or dip into the nest, using a cloth made from plant material, stick it in the honey to soak it up and then squeeze it into your mouth." Beats cow brains...
...words seemed like hollow coach-speak during the Crimson's 1-10 start in December, as Harvard was hard-pressed to find any player that was producing on a given night, let alone 10-plus. But as of late, Harvard (7-11, 4-1 Ivy) has been utilizing that promised depth...
...Maybe it's all for the best, though. While at least one set of our parents would have been so proud of our Cabinet-level positions, we've heard horror stories about previously normal people who went to Washington and returned hollow shells of their former selves. Apparently, we're not a nation of Mr. Smiths. More like a nation of Dan Rostenkowskis. We've heard about shedding all irony and sarcasm and adopting that unflattering "I'm a public servant, I'm here to serve" pseudo-sincerity. And yes, we (well, one of us anyway) have also heard about...