Word: voided
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...Terry Southern," is an anthology of previously uncollected writings and interviews that appeared in a range of publications, from the "quality-lit" (Southern's phrase) mag "the Paris Review" to "Puritan" (the adult publication that was so explicit it was sold shrink-wrapped). Both books fill a significant void, offering evidence that Southern remained a potent, wildly creative scribe during his last 25 years on this planet. His skill in career-planning never matched his consummate wit and imagination (in fact he was a dismal dealmaker), but at least now his "invisible" years have yielded a number of characteristically strange...
...Hillary Step consists of ice, snow and fragmented shale, and the only way to cross it is to take baby steps and anchor your way with an ice ax. "You can feel the rock chip off," says Erik. "And you can hear it falling down into the void...
...Hillary Step consists of ice, snow and fragmented shale, and the only way to cross it is to take baby steps and anchor your way with an ice ax. "You can feel the rock chip off," says Erik. "And you can hear it falling down into the void...
...there are whole areas where the expectation of privacy has been held essentially null and void, such as cars. "Fourth Amendment protection of autos has been largely eroded," said Yale Kamisar, law professor at the University of Michigan. Even passengers' purses can be searched without a warrant (although it's less clear whether a passenger's person can be, showing how tricky it is to thread this needle). And Kamisar argues that in general, "the whole trend has been the other way, toward saying that police surveillance is not a search." Giving a Charmin-like squeeze to a bus passenger...
...tunnel. This leads to the exhibit, entitled "2,000 Years of German-Jewish History," which includes thousands of objects depicting Jewish family and cultural life through the ages in Berlin. One area of the museum, however, remains completely empty to symbolize all that has been lost and destroyed: the Void, a concrete corridor that runs through the entire structure. "It is meant to show that even at the height of culture in Berlin, Jews and others were not accepted as full citizens," Libeskind explains. "There was prejudice, bigotry and anti-Semitism." The Void, says architectural writer Charles Jencks, "represents...