And at least one student was looking for more substance to the political debate.
Actually it was just another nail in the coffin, but one to watch out for in transactions of more substance.
How many of us are willing to reach further and dig deeper to find the content that has a bit more substance?
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All those extra citations projected more substance than the plan really contains.
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But maybe less flash, more substance is what the industry needs.
While many European entrepreneurs bemoan the lack of support from their respective governments, it seems that those in Spain may have had more substance to their grievances.
"When he's talking to the marketplace, especially about an IPO, he needs more substance than just being the 'people's champion, '" says Rik Gadsby, former creative director for Virgin Net, the ISP.
The parts--as large as 2 feet on a side and accurate within five-thousandths of an inch (about twice the diameter of a human hair)--give more substance to sales pitches and reveal flaws earlier in a product's design.
The symphonious clamor was everywhere, filling the sky like the cloud of red dust that arrowed past them to the south and left the sky dim, it was the great processional of the Union armies, but of no more substance than an army of ghosts.
"My view is that I focus less on sound bites and more on substance, " he added.
Meanwhile tobacco has proved itself a more useful substance than even the Victorians realised.
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Wine is a more complex substance than one might think, and, above two thousand metres, and at close to zero degrees centigrade, it displays interesting behavioral anomalies.
Notwithstanding the criticism of Mr Obama's record - which is about style more than substance - Mr Romney recognises, as the president does, that there is little political support at the moment for another costly military intervention.
Although there is usually a personal financial hit to get well, it is generally accepted that it costs society a lot more when substance abuse goes unchecked, with alcohol abuse alone costing upwards of 220 billion per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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You know, what's really happened, Alex, is this debate's become more symbol than substance.
Ironically, its active ingredient is radium, a substance more usually thought of as a cause of cancer than as a treatment.
Ms. KAY LOACKER: With the discussions about foreign policy, I felt that Bill Richardson and Hillary Clinton were giving answers with just many more examples and substance.
By capturing first place in Sunday's Indy 300 race in Motegi, Japan, Patrick shook free of critics who have downplayed her sports celebrity as more flash than substance.
The Mirror's Jessica Callan said Hall lacked "spark or passion" with co-star Josh Cohen, while the Daily Express's David Smith said "some might have found her performance a case of more style than substance".
But, he says, for the automakers, hybrids seem to be more about style than substance.
More likely to have substance abuse problems, run away from home and become teenage parents themselves.
But if Dr. Berwick's methods are troubling, the substance is more than defensible.
Sometimes, the resolution of the dispute revolves more around nuance than substance.
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Experts say the effects are only more serious if the substance is ingested, when it can cause damage to lungs and the digestive system, and could prove fatal in some cases.
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