Word: meaninglessness
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...Jonah: in Keefer, Schulman creates a character at once interesting and real. He is the most arresting and human character in the book, but Schulman never allows him to develop fully, nor does she really explore Keefer's relationship with Jane. In the end she sacrifices him in a meaningless and predictable suicide in order to bring closure to the book and to propel Jane, a protagonist we can never like...
Peeling away the layers of mediahype, we come to the core of Valparaiso: a story about a man who, having a meaningless life with a largely negative impact on those around him turns to the media in an attempt at salvation. His wife, not strong enough to effect change for herself, jumps on board. Michael Majeski uses the media just as much as the media uses...
...More pomo than paralegal, the Muji ushers in a bleak, meaningless future. But it's still...
...fact is that religious viewpoints have as much right to be expressed and believed as any other. Otherwise the First Amendment would be meaningless. Since we live in a republic, if such views gain majority status through their expression, I can hardly imagine that they could not shape the formation of public policy...
...while Jam'n's meaningless pop and Baltazar's endless scams may appeal to the pre-teen and adolescent crowd, the continued existence of WILD (now in its 50th year) and the success of black-oriented programming on local college radio stations-such as this weekend's "history of hip hop" orgy on WHRB--indicate that there is a Boston market for serious urban music...