Word: vacuous
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...couple; yet in the final film, the two appear as siblings. It is a change that seems somewhat risky considering the decidedly different dynamics of lovers and those of geeky brother and protective sister. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for Eisenberg’s more vacuous performance...
...just say that causal relationships go out the window, where they will certainly find the company of reason and Dakota Fanning’s dignity. Ultimately, “THE PART OF THE MOVIE THAT COMES AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE” proves to be just as vacuous and phony as the opening...
...truth is Bush’s vague domestic policy agenda is the biggest fraud on the American public since Richard Nixon campaigned on a secret plan to end the Vietnam War. This latest vacuous ploy makes previous Bush policy announcements pale in comparison. While we’ve come to expect our president to disingenuously pander leftward while lurching ever farther right—think outdoorsy photo-ops for the ill-named Healthy Forest Initiative, which opened up 20 million acres of National Forests to logging and made them more susceptible to fires—this time the Republicans aren?...
...perhaps we’re going about this all wrong. After all, is a good section solely determined by a good TF? In my experience, TF’s often begin section with a piercing or controversial question, only to receive deadly silence and vacuous looks from their students. In spite of the TF’s efforts, the section awkwardly rolls on and generally each student speaks up a couple times to garner the necessary participation points. Rarely does a section discussion have students sitting on the edge of their seats—let alone spark a heated debate...
...world is very different now. Conventions have devolved from intense and unpredictable political events to vacuous and scripted shows, and George W. Bush is about as different from LBJ as a Texan president could be. But the way things are shaping up, America will have to take care to avoid an ugly and familiar scene at the 2004 Republican convention in New York City...