|  | 1. | Nothing like a ringing platitude to ruin one's birthday. 
 
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|  | 2. | Namely, the tendency to occasionally use the dreaded baseball platitude. 
 
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|  | 3. | And he's out at the plate with a platitude. 
 
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|  | 4. | Compare his courage with the timid platitudes from the White House. 
 
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|  | 5. | Such earnest simplicity can veer into the dreaded realm of platitude. 
 
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|  | 6. | And their detectors are acutely tuned for Republican candidates offering platitudes. 
 
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|  | 7. | The legislative leaders muttered a few platitudes to the assembled assassins. 
 
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|  | 8. | Hair fashion platitude of the moment : Heavy styling equals dated. 
 
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|  | 9. | He doesn't always soften his criticisms with fluffy platitudes. 
 
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|  | 10. | That is not a platitude, that is the grim reality. 
 
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