Word: meres
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Randomization, under the guise of homogenizing the Houses for sake of "diversity," has eroded this individual character. It has trivialized Houses to mere physical entities devoid of any distinguishable flavor, and hence weakened the links between individual residents. Living with people with similar interests can create a feeling of solidarity and strength that may not be available from other outlets...
...centuries, dismayed sailors and startled whalers would return from their voyages with stories of huge, tentacled sea monsters that terrorized the ocean. For the landlocked, these stories were mere exaggerations-until...
...dedicated to the memory of Liberace, what room is there for the clean, piercing, complex presence of real works of art? Not much, you'd think. Any public work of art is apt to pale to invisibility beside those neon signs and huge, crass, mock-Hellenistic sculptures. Nothing a mere environmental sculptor could make would have much luck in drawing the eye away from, say, the outside of the Mirage, with its foaming waterfalls and its artificial volcano that erupts on a regular schedule after dusk, except when (a sign informs you) the weather is "inclement," a condition that will...
...campaign against King, which ranged from wiretapping and character assassination to an attempt to induce him to commit suicide. The book does provide an easily digested compendium of King's eloquent speeches that may entice readers to learn more about his legacy. But as an autobiography, it is a mere imitation of life...
...company that was once loath to play in the political sandbox, Microsoft sure has come around. Mere days before the opening of Microsoft?s court battle with antitrust lawyers, the GOP?s senatorial committee pulled in a $100,000 contribution from the company, and the Republican National Committee got a $40,000 check ?- bringing the software giant?s soft-money gifts to the party to more than $400,000 in the 1997-98 election cycle. Coincidentally, about that time, 10 Republican senators signed a ?Dear Colleague? letter criticizing the Clinton administration for subjecting the software industry to ?needless regulation through...