Word: meaninglessness
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TMers insist that all this is much ado about nearly nothing. Robert Kory, who runs the New Jersey project for TM, explains that the mantras are just "meaningless" sounds, that the puja simply reminds the teacher of the highest ideals of his profession, and that the deities it invokes are only "the forces of nature." In Fairfield, Iowa, Seymour Migdal, dean of the faculty at the Maharishi University, is confident that TM will survive court scrutiny. Says he: "It doesn't require faith, and it doesn't require worship...
...Meaningless...
...about to let it get away. Neal Brandel (190 lbs.), another superb Yale grappler, completely overpowered Harvard's Sal D'Agostino, 15-1, to clinch the Elis triumph. Without a win at 118, Kip Smith's 4-3 victory for Harvard in the unlimited bracket was meaningless, except to make the final score close enough to remind everyone of the upset that might have been...
...purpose of organizing the councils is to demonstrate the popularity of the unionization effort, Gavin said. "Approval of the union by the trustees depends on the strength of the organization," she said, adding, "recognition of the union on paper is meaningless unless you have a structure...
...chairman of Exxon explains his company's policy in the Middle East for 45 minutes to network television, only to see it compressed to a meaningless 30 seconds...