Word: devoid
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...trying to convey passion in a voice devoid of it. "I'm actually invigorated by today," he said. "I'm feeling great...This is a good part of the campaign because we're finding a rhythm. Sometimes you miss a shot; you go on." But sometimes you miss a shot, and the game's over. As he wrote in one of his books, "One errant pass, one shot that bounces off the rim, and a game (a team, your life) can be changed." Asked about this cold fact, he said those outcome-altering moments come only...
...what he hopes to communicate, Morris says, "I somehow feel I've just started. I'm still excited by all kinds of filmmaking. I think I have made interesting films, different and complex films. I sometimes think of a lot of current filmmaking as incredibly unambitious, and sometimes as devoid of any ambition at all. And that seems sad, because they're so much...
...some American collectors--just a few--whose memory lives on in a distinct aura of sweetness and reason, and at the top of that list is Duncan Phillips (1886-1966). Phillips was the kind of man who gives Wasps a good name: modest, highly educated, public spirited and devoid of affectation. The Phillipses, though not as rich as the Carnegies, had made their fortune in Pittsburgh, Pa., in banking and steel, then moved to Washington. After graduating from Yale, young Duncan set himself the task of becoming an "interpreter and navigator" between the art world and the public...