Word: meaninglessness
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...demand that liberals act on their promises--the flame of hope that Meldon E. Levine still saw burning--that is what has been extinguished on campus. In the 10 years since America's Vietnam War officially ended. Harvard students have moved gradually toward a politics of almost meaningless labels: avoid the excess of "radicalism": blame all evil on "conservatives." Remain "liberal," and you're safe. The mindset encourages mildness and discourages being identified as someone whose life is dedicated to "some cause" or, even worse, "causes in general...
...starts and stops of dialogue, even the red blotches on her skin in moments of high tension. She plays Sophie in a Polish-accented contralto and, in the flashbacks, speaks serviceable Polish and German. In a smaller picture, with a lesser actress, this would seem a highfalutin stunt, a meaningless demonstration of dexterity. Here it is one more challenge that this galvanizing actress set for herself, a total immersion in character, a necessary step toward revelation. As Sophie, Streep is fine and beautiful and a little heartbreaking...
...space to lucubrations on the relationship of Israel to the Holocaust, which he feels is inextricably tied up in Israel's militarism. Apparently, he spends a lot of time lying on a hill near Yad Vashem and comes eventually to some monumental understanding which appears either unfathomable or meaningless to lesser minds trying to get a peep...
...community members feel this provision is essentially-meaningless explained, adding. We have no powerful voice in the hospital, plans...
...Clearly financial independence is pretty meaningless. If we don't have financial independence in the long run." he said...