Word: meaninglessness
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...demand answers that have a basis in reality. Sandra Basile Barnegat, New Jersey, U.S. I left Hungary in 1956 as a 20-year-old refugee. I was escaping from a totalitarian regime and the oppressive demagoguery of its political leaders. I could no longer stand to listen to the meaningless platitudes about the great success of the latest Five-Year Plan. I settled in the U.S. to get away from that. But I have now been living in Europe for the past several months. When I see President Bush on TV declaring that Iraq and the world are safer...
...ESPN Coaches’ Poll voters. Last year, the Quakers went 10-0, but could only rise as high as eighth with one week to go in the season. Penn actually fell to 12th in the final poll, because, presumably, its 59-7 win over Cornell in a meaningless game wasn’t convincing enough. And Penn began its climb up the human poll ladder much earlier than this year’s Crimson squad...
...behind the eight ball before you start. I've known since last November, when I signed here, what they brought me here for. If I don't go out and do what I've done in past postseasons, then anything I've done from April to September is meaningless. That's certainly a different twist to it, but you know what? That's life...
...Sept. 20]. We in the border states seem to have less to fear from al-Qaeda than we do from the collapse of our infrastructure (schools, hospitals, roads) under the weight of illegal immigration, not to mention the effect on our work force. Thank you for avoiding all the meaningless clichés and getting to the heart of the matter: our government needs to take action immediately...
...others. I would be the first to admit that the building was both spectacular and titillating; walking around and through it felt like riding on the most beautiful roller coaster ever built. But as exhilarating as my immediate experience of the building may have been, it was also largely meaningless. The building didn’t stay with me. It didn’t leave me with any food for thought. And that’s why I get nostalgic sometimes—because, in a way, me talking about Gehry’s building is even worse than some...