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Word: vacuous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cannot forbear protesting the absurd criticism of TIME which you saw fit to publish in LETTERS, Aug. 31 issue - from which circumstance it derives its only claim for consideration. Never did I see a more inane, vacuous assertion than that the editing of TIME "is purely a mechanical operation requiring no literary ability." For it seems to me that more cleverness, more brains, go into the composition of a single issue of TIME than any other journal I know. It's so bright, for one thing, that I have definitely decided to cancel my subscription to "our leading humorous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Points of View | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

...When is a comedy light?" is raised again by the selection of the Copley Repertory Company for this week's production at the Copley Theatre. "Lady Huntworth's Experiment", a so-called light comedy in three acts, so nearly approaches emptiness that it merits rather the sub-title of "vacuous farce...

Author: By J. L. C. jr., | Title: LIGHT COMEDY IS THEME AT COPLEY | 11/5/1924 | See Source »

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