"But most of the people on Twitter that I see are actually trying to have a substantive discussion a real conversation about topics that are interesting to them.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

But Zooey has a more substantive objection.

但是左伊有一个更实在的反对。

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All right. Let's hope we can free our minds of these matters now and turn to something a little more substantive, which is the question--before we plunge in to Gadamer really: what is hermeneutics?

现在让我们把思想从这些事物中解放出来,转向更实质性的问题，在我们探讨伽达默尔之前：,曾提出这样一个问题：诠释学是什么？

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But if she's right, and if Oprah can examine the successes of something like the Algebra Project or Detroit Summer--both built on the model of the freedom schools of the civil rights movement--then perhaps we can move beyond the realm of midday talk shows into something much more substantive: a sustainable movement that will remake our schools for the better.

NPR: America's Troubled Schools Need Reform Now

And there is no question that when it comes to protecting seniors on Medicare, when it comes to protecting businesses, small and large, that are part of our renewable energy sector, especially wind energy, that this President has been making very strong policy arguments, and that at a substantive level as well as at a level of support from the American people, he's winning those arguments.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

It was a substantive series of exchanges - delivering real information on a highly relevant topic.

BBC: Serious issues at first minister's questions