"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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So I guess my answer would be this: The sooner the business community has a sense that we've got our act together here in Washington and can move forward on big, serious issues in a substantive way without a lot of posturing and partisan wrangling, I think the better off the entire country is going to be.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds News Conference

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

This is a tangible and substantive achievement that goes a long way to a big part of the speech that he talked about last night.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing on BP Oil Spill