Word: meaninglessness
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...take the character as more interesting sub-plots arise, most notably as he discovers what he believes to be Olivia's love letter. Any possibility for character development, or even comedy, is lost. No contrast of reserved decorum is ever established and so Malvolio's antics are ultimately meaningless; his strip tease at the beginning of Act Two is the most painful misreading since, well, Act One. In the closing moments of the play, Edelman offers us a brief hope of salvaging Malvolio as an interesting and important character, only to snatch it away from us as the broken steward...
...equality of all Americans under the law is meaningless unless all citizens have equal access to the law and the protections it affords. Brandeis Professor of Law Gary Bellow, who passed away two weeks ago, recognized this truth and his work both in the classroom and in the community, helping to bring the power of the law to bear on the side of the powerless...
While the Egyptian government ought to be commended for its reforms, now is the time for activists to redouble their efforts. For example, without an expansion of opportunity in the workplace, this newfound independence will be virtually meaningless. Furthermore, while laws are easily amended, attitudes are not. Granting women a true position of equality in Islamic societies will depend as much on changing the spirit of the latter as it does it does on changing the letter of the former...
...that Damon wasn't privy to the "minority experience?" That can't be the answer either: Lopez, Banderas, and last year's emcee Will Smith all receive stratospheric paychecks. To hold them as monuments to the "minority experience" is to reduce an already vague term to a totally meaningless one. Granted, they might have endured difficult childhood experiences or have overcome significant discrimination before they achieved their current success. Maybe Matt Damon has as well--I simply don't know, but I doubt those who had a serious problem with him as emcee bothered to check...
...says it worked. To maintain their ranking, wrestlers needed to win at least half their matches during a tournament--usually a 15-day affair that could involve a match a day for each wrestler. After the first few days, some wrestlers would have enough victories, making their next bouts meaningless. So they would "sell" those bouts to less successful wrestlers--deliberately losing in exchange for "points" to be collected at later tournaments. Poor-performing wrestlers with no points to redeem had to buy victories, paying about $2,000 each...