Word: meaninglessness
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...game exhibition series preceding the Nagano Olympics seeded the hostilities. In one game, Granato and Wickenheiser engaged in a high-sticking duel. Then Wickenheiser and Ruggiero squared off to fight. By the time the teams reached Nagano, tension had reached Mount Fuji heights. In an otherwise meaningless first-round game, a flurry of illegal body checks-open-ice hitting is not allowed in the women's game-resulted in 48 penalty minutes. U.S.A. rallied from 1-4 in the third period for a 7-4 victory, setting the stage for its gold-medal upset...
...myself in a mirror of enlightened awareness, which reflects not only me but you and the others impinging upon our resonance....The essence of our relationship is the absolute trust....shaped by knowledge of the inner self dynamic.” One cannot help but laugh at this meaningless declaration, and yet feel a bit horrified that one has actually heard people say similar things before...
...maintain underutilized buildings, though he could offer that between 1998 and 2004, the department met its own target of shedding 86,000 sq. feet of obsolete facilities. However, Coburn pounced again when Moy could not say how much inventory was added during that time, rendering the analysis next to meaningless. The Senator further noted figures compiled from the Government Accounting Office indicating that the dollar amount spent by the Defense Department annually to maintain buildings it did not need came to "between $2000 and $3000 per active duty soldier...
Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake, a conservative and a Shadegg supporter, says, "It's a dynamic situation"--one made more unpredictable by the fact that the election will be by secret ballot. That means all those vote commitments may be meaningless, and anything could happen. "This is high drama," says Illinois Republican Ray LaHood. As if the G.O.P. hasn't already had enough of that...
...Slow the revolving door. Former members of Congress and their aides must wait a year after leaving their posts before lobbying former colleagues. Lawmakers want to double the waiting time to two years. Chance of passage: 90%. Less likely: extending the ban to five years. Meaningless extra: the House will probably pat itself on the back for barring former members turned lobbyists from exercising their right to return to the House floor or mingle in the House gym--a step that sounds tough but isn't. Said a G.O.P. lawmaker: "By the time we get to the floor, we already...