Word: shallowness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...success has been discouraging to people in politics, much as the success of The Blair Witch Project is discouraging to filmmakers: if the public embraces something so shallow and tedious, what future is there for the professionals? But the source of the man's strength is no secret. It is that he speaks plain English with none of the circuitous posturing and preening of public officials, who cannot give you the time of day without saying that time is a topic of great concern to them, as it is to all Americans, and that they have long devoted themselves...
...crow's-feet around her eyes. Before the procedures, she says, "I looked mean, and I felt older." She also felt vulnerable at the office. "People want to work with people who appear youthful, vital and exuberant. I wanted to look outside how I felt inside. Does that sound shallow...
...talked for nearly an hour. Back at the hotel, I discovered that the tape had not worked. When the panic subsided, I replayed the conversation in my head, for in those fine days, my memory was still crisp. Reagan had said nothing of interest. Blank tape, empty notebook, shallow...
...great thinkers of our past and present have managed very well without the smart Doogie. Intelligence is nurtured through curiosity and creativity, not manipulation. Only shallow, insecure people will be interested in standing in line for the brain steroid. Smart genes? Non merci! MIGUEL ZAMARRIPA Montreal...
...regress to teenage indulgences. Lester's raging at the dying of the light might be a little more poignant if it meant more than rediscovering psychedelia and getting into a coed's pants. Furthermore, Angela (played by the svelte and perceptive Mena Suvari) is nearly as brittle and shallow as Lester's wife. Lester isn't checking out of the race, he's just trading up for a newer model...