Word: meaninglessness
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...inability to hide their kids from the world’s problems. The jaunty guitars and child singers come together with the lyrics to create an unattractive, gripping schizophrenia.The other big issue is that with so many self-consciously big issues on his mind, Morrissey occasionally lapses into meaningless pretension, like the doggerel of “In the Future When All’s Well.” Morrissey states “Armed with wealth and/The best of health/in the future when all’s well/ I will lie down and be counted...
...tradition at Harvard are, in some cases, literally second to none. Did you know that the Crimson brought home the first two championships in the history of intercollegiate men’s lacrosse? Yep—in 1881 and 1882, to be exact.That might seem like a meaningless stat, until you put Saturday’s game into perspective.It’s believed to be the longest game in the history of Harvard lacrosse—the 128-year history. I only say “believed” because, back in the late 19th and early 20th century...
...victories. Street-hooligan-turned-gang-leader Tsotsi, played by Presley Chweneyagae in his debut role, is from a township (ghetto) outside of Johannesburg, South Africa’s golden metropolis. Tsotsi (which in Afrikaans means “Thug”) bumbles out of his existentially meaningless life of violence when he steals a car and only later discovers a baby in the back seat. “Tsotsi” is adapted from award-winning playwright Athol Fugard’s compelling and humanistic novel by the same name. Both Hood and Fugard cling tightly...
...combine, except that he’s no Ryan Fitzpatrick (the former Harvard QB reportedly scored a 38 in a record nine minutes on the test before last year’s draft). What we did learn, however, was that this so-called measure of intelligence is meaningless. That the last time Young scored six points that mattered, it was the game-winning run against USC in the Rose Bowl, Division I-A’s national championship game.That, when it comes to student-athletes, what they do in the field of play is what people care about. And that...
...quality of these deliveries ranges from useful to meaningless to absurdly comical...