Word: hollowness
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...wonder, he sets up a martial beat taken from the fife-and-drum bands that have been playing in these hills since the Civil War, then dances around it with virtuoso rock and jazz accents. Luther, 27, his soft features framed by thick black curls, finger picks his Gibson hollow body and uses a bottleneck slide to make it skitter and howl. Garry Burnside locks in to the groove on bass (Chew is off working today, driving a truck for Williams-Sonoma), David Kimbrough Jr. adds a slinky guitar part, and Kenny Kimbrough wails on a conga. The instruments chase...
...Storm also leads the charge in this summer's digital bonanza, which includes Dinosaur's realistic talking reptiles, Titan A.E.'s beautiful 3-D space-scapes, and the casts of computer-generated thousands in Gladiator and The Patriot. And that's not all. See Kevin Bacon disappear in The Hollow Man! See Eddie Murphy dance with himself in the sequel to The Nutty Professor! See Rocky and Bullwinkle act with Robert De Niro! See Rebecca Romijn-Stamos turn blue...
...treatment, said to have originated in India or ancient Egypt, involves lighting the wide end of a hollow conical candle made of waxed cloth and gently inserting the narrow tip into the ear. The heat generated by the flame purportedly creates a vacuum that sucks out all manner of nasty things, like ear mites, along with the earwax. Afterward, adventurous souls can cut open the candle and examine their ear debris...
...different--we're not like...the others. Apparently, great numbers of people have been connecting always-on digital cameras to the Net, beaming back pictures and even full-motion video of themselves as they sit dully at their computers, mill around their homes and otherwise live their lonely and hollow lives. A New York Times article estimated that 10,000 live Webcams are out there now, with some 250,000 people doing this. Perhaps it's I who's living the empty life...
...disillusionment of the American people with the political process. He tapped that current by offering an alternative to the elite's picked candidates. Unless Bush makes a credible commitment to campaign finance reform and the other reform causes that McCain championed, his "reformer with results" label will ring hollow. Even though Bush has gained McCain's endorsement, he will have to work harder to earn the endorsement of McCain's supporters...