Word: meaninglessness
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...Republican party; for neither are presidential candidates chosen nor party organizations maintained on the floor of the Senate. Even if Keating is defeated, New York's Republican party will remain firmly under the control of men like Senator Javits and Governor Rockefeller. Keating's defeat would be almost meaningless in terms of national politics, for a Senator from New York does not control power within the party hierarchy...
...good will toward other faiths and the modern world. Under discussion was the proposed declaration on antiSemitism, and the coffee bars inside St. Peter's were deserted as the 2,500 bishops huddled silently in the aula, listening while speaker after speaker denounced the text as inadequate, meaningless and unjust...
...general" education as one that was "shared" (students would take the same lower level courses) and "philosophical" (the content of the courses would be concerned with the historic themes of Western civilization). But in the last nineteen years the word general as shared and philosophical has become almost meaningless; students do not have to take a core of offerings but instead have some choice, and the themes of the West are only part of a program which emphasizes methodology as much as historical content, quantitative analysis as much as an appreciation of the qualitative values of our past. Moreover...
While ardent Hum 6-ers assiduously jot down every word of often meaningless lectures, wobbly young students gather at the feet of Professor John Dunlop to learn the latest styles in strikes and collective bargaining (Ec 129). Those interested in Metropolis, Gotham and Megalopolis should stop in to hear Professor Banfield explain "Urban Policy Problems" (Gov 146). Music 1 teaches students the difference between a monotone and a metronome...
However warmly the session ended, it produced no concrete results. The O.A.U. rejected Tshombe's request for troops, created instead a rather meaningless ten-nation commission to "help and encourage" him in restoring unity. It also ordered Tshombe to expel the mercenaries "as soon as possible"-which in African terms means when ever he feels like...