Word: hollowness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...being housed temporarily in a local hotel, he said. “Both have been offered new units and we hope to finalize those arrangements by tomorrow,” he wrote in an e-mail. The fire travelled quickly through the wood frame building, facilitated by its hollow walls, Gialanis said. He added that the house collapsed when fire crews removed the second floor in an attempt to prevent the walls from caving in. Harvard has not determined the extent of the damage, Wrinn said, and has not decided what it will do with the property. The cold temperature?...
...you’ve got even a sprig of imagination, you’ll know Harvard’s House system isn’t working. Ignore the hollow claims—a House is more than just where you sleep. It’s also got to be a community that you wish to identify with, a place where you’re socially secure for three years...
...canine mascot, Handsome Dan, knows how to pick sides, choosing to take a stroll to visit the eventual victors at the end of halftime.And in the stands, Harvard students yet again out-heckled their blue-blooded counterparts. Redundant shouts of “Harvard sucks” rang hollow against “Where’s your bulldog?” and “Yale starts wars,” the latter in response to the ridiculous halftime show in which some blue people running around the field pretended to shoot down a bunch of red people running...
.../Interscope) 3/5 Stars 50 Cent has become a one-man No Limit crew. Every month or two, he has a new single to shove down the throats of listeners, a new formulaic 16 bars guaranteed to contain the words “gat,” “hollow tips,” “paper,” and some new combination of the same four or five expletives, a new catchy four-bar hook, a new Scott Storch beat. And, apparently, we love it, because he is still selling better than any other rapper around...
...resources to programs that serve the middle class and neediest of the needy on the eve of a projected vote to provide tax benefits and breaks to the most advantaged in our society.” Moreover, the Republican Party’s sudden rediscovery of fiscal responsibility rings hollow, to say the least. The House spending bill trims four percent off the forecasted $1.6 trillion budget deficit. In a stunning juxtaposition, Congressional Republicans are also trying to pass a $70 billion tax cut bill, which overwhelmingly benefits well-off taxpayers. Even if this harsh spending bill passed Congress...