Word: meaninglessness
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...must work with organized labor for the first time in its 35-year history. In pursuing unions as corporate bogeymen, Wal-Mart at last overstepped its reach. Even though a vote last May on unionization at the company's Windsor, Ontario store failed 151-43, the result was deemed "meaningless" by the board since company officials had implied that they would close the branch if the vote passed. Ed Gould, a spokesman for Wal-Mart Canada, says that Wal-Mart stands firm in its belief that the vote accurately reflected the wishes of Windsor employees. Threats to close stores...
...tragedy of the helicopter crash, one realizes that the concept of sacrificing for one's country is very far removed from most American youth. This is especially true here at Harvard, where the element of personal tragedy and loss that has accompanied much of history is often compressed into meaningless numbers...
...results of the meet, therefore, are a little deceiving. Both Harvard and Princeton handily defeated Yale--130-27 and 131-32, respectively. Princeton defeated Harvard by a 83-80 margin, but this was, at least according to Harvard swimmers, a meaningless loss...
...best to call the penalty "tough and unprecedented compared to past cases." It will be--if the fine comes out of Gingrich's pocket. In a brazen wiggle, his office left open the possibility that the fine could be paid from campaign contributions. That would render it all but meaningless; it would also open him up to the accusations made against Bill Clinton's legal-defense fund--that it's an open door for influence peddlers. In other words, an ethical problem...
...downing of TWA Flight 800 brought Americans monumental and collective grief, stopped the meaningless noise for a moment and reduced the isolation. On the beaches of Long Island, near where the plane plunged into the Atlantic, citizens from all backgrounds walked solemnly among the washed-up detritus of the crash--the serving trays, eyeglasses, baseball caps and sweaters--and would not swim in the sorrowful ocean...