Word: meaninglessness
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...with rap, my music collection had always been adorned with a COLORED ONLY sign. But New York's internationalism forced me to rethink my nativist aesthetic. I found myself furtively exploring bands that I would have written off in my youth. Initially I thought this was all temporary and meaningless. But the night I traded 50 Cent for Jack White, I knew something fundamental had changed, that the Soul Train had pulled into its final stop. When I went home that night, it was all devastatingly clear to me. I'd fallen for white music...
...This is a brand new team, a brand new dynamic, and polls are basically meaningless at this point. That’s why we play the game,” said Harvard coach Tim Murphy. “Whether you’re picked the first or last, it’s how hungry you are and how you’re doing on the field that matters...
...date or whether my culture accepts only arranged marriages. I reply by explaining my personal view, which is that dating couples act in a way that only married couples should. The kind of relationship they share should exist only where there is a commitment, or else the relationship becomes meaningless. If or when I date, it will be in pursuit of a companion with whom I can spend the rest of my life. Then the love that will exist in that marriage can be far more valued, appreciated and respected by both partners...
...announces before they share a starchy hug. And his world view is devoutly frosty. "Sometimes," he tells her, "I look at my voluntary isolation and think I'm in Hell. That I'm already dead, though I don't know it. My life has been shit. A thoroughly meaningless, idiotic life." Looking at the old cynic, Marianne can't help smiling...
...Cambridge’s reserve crew—average weight: somewhere around 200 pounds. Our competition included several post-graduates, as well. The team had set a record in the reserve race against Oxford several months before. We were collectively outweighed by around 240 pounds, a fact that rendered meaningless any comparisons between our race and last year’s epic showdown between Harvard’s and Cambridge’s varsity heavyweights. This race was more David-and-Goliath than Ali-Fraser...