Word: shallowing
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Most people show their brilliance in reluctant flashes. It's almost as if they're afraid to get into intellectual discourse, afraid to show what they think, what they know, what they feel. I'm frustrated with shallow conversations because I've seen a few of those flashes, those little examples of openness between people, and I know that my peers can do so much better...
...with meaning rather than pageantry, student leaders must harness the diverse resources of students into coalitions that can act on issues of broader social significance even as they individually engage in group-specific concerns. Let us be alert now rather than allow the doctrine of "pragmatism" to become a shallow cover-up for political dormancy...
...this is shallow thinking. Why not write a millennium novel? Or duct-tape the millennium to a novel you're already writing? Almost any contemporary fiction, no matter how inconsequential and light-minded, has a fighting chance of taking on weight and portent, perhaps even significance, if shoved 23 months into the future. And if significance is elusive, where's the harm...
...through this conduit to medical school or Wall Street. I have difficulty deciding which bothered me more, the outcome of the grape debate or the Undergraduate Council election this December, but both highlighted our ready willingness to abandon integrity in the moment of choice for the easy comfort of shallow goals...
Thousands of wind turbines have been installed in a dozen European countries. This year Denmark has been getting 6% of its electricity from wind power. Developers have started to install windmills in the shallow North Sea, whose winds could one day meet much of Europe's power needs. The boom is also being felt in Asia, where wind-power companies, in joint ventures with Europeans, are installing turbines in India and China...