Word: hollowness
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...protests of the Administration, say critics, ring as hollow as an empty oil drum. It consulted heavily with energy-industry lobbyists but spent little time talking to environmentalists. The Administration's last-minute rush to portray its plan as "balanced" between promoting increased domestic production and encouraging conservation--a portrayal Bush reiterated in his radio address Saturday--may come across as a public relations gesture. Even some insiders concede that conservation measures were tacked on to the plan recently in response to what one calls "arsenic and CO2," referring to the beating Bush took for his stand on several environmental...
...protests of the Administration, say critics, ring as hollow as an empty oil drum. It consulted heavily with energy-industry lobbyists but spent little time talking to environmentalists. The Administration's last-minute rush to portray its plan as "balanced" between promoting increased domestic production and encouraging conservation--a portrayal Bush reiterated in his radio address Saturday--may come across as a public relations gesture. Even some insiders concede that conservation measures were tacked on to the plan recently in response to what one calls "arsenic and CO2," referring to the beating Bush took for his stand on several environmental...
...talk over the events of the day and our training plans to get faster over the summer. The conversation inevitably turns to the Salt Lake Olympics and the next series of dates marked in red on all of our calendars. The trials start on December 26 at the Soldier Hollow venue in Utah. I still haven't exactly figured out how to "qualify" for the trials (aren't they supposed to be open to everyone?) and this is one of my projects for the summer. There is some kind of points system involved, but it is unclear...
...fact, this duck-size relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, dating from 124 million to 147 million years ago, has no fewer than three different types of feathers. The head sports a thick, fuzzy mat of short, hollow fibers ("like a butch cut," says Prum), while the shoulders and torso have plumelike "sprays" of extremely thin fibers up to 2 in. long. The backs of its arms and legs, meanwhile, are draped in multiple filaments arranged in a classic herringbone pattern around a central stem. Even the tail is covered with feathers, with a fan, or tuft, at the end. "It doesn...
...glorifying extortion don't know the half of what's wrong with Artemis Fowl. The writing is abysmal: "Keep calm, he derided himself." Or, "If one of his own men had pulled a stunt like this, he'd have their stripes for it." Cliches fester on nearly every page: "hollow threat" on 87, "no mean feat" on 88. Dialogue is rarely "said"; it is "whined," "quipped" or "grunted" ad, literally, nauseam. Supposedly admirable characters "smirk...