The AMP (area mail processing) studies are a sham and the process is entirely perfunctory.
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Other than one perfunctory, 60-second telephone conversation, he has had no contact with John McCain.
This year, that number looks to be around 800, 000 units, assuming the usual perfunctory discounts.
The ego did not land and Madge's perfunctory performance echoed, it was so hollow.
As a result, the START II Treaty was brought up just before Christmas for perfunctory consideration.
My potential employer asked me a few more perfunctory questions and then saw me to the door.
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Most reauthorizations might be perfunctory, but the process would make it easier for new administrations to rethink old priorities.
The limitations of Ms Finkel's approach are most apparent in her perfunctory treatment of the empire's final, tumultuous years.
Margaret Beckett, the leader of the Commons, has been allowed to tinker here and there in her perfunctory way.
But it is not won over by the occasion, saying the kisses were "the most perfunctory and chaste of pecks".
At his swearing-in he gave the king a perfunctory peck on the shoulder, not a full bow-and-kiss on the hand.
But one has the sense that these are supplementary initiatives, if not a perfunctory stratagem to gain favor from government regulators and licensing officials.
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"In a review that is nothing short of perfunctory, " he wrote, the majority had merely accepted the university's "assurances" that its policies were constitutional.
In this age of social media, text messages, and instant emails, it might seem acceptable to turn down a job offer in a perfunctory manner.
The works show Lennon and Ono performing various perfunctory sex acts.
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Many believe he got a free pass from perfunctory earlier hearings, and they welcome these new opportunities to have him face the music of serious inquiry.
There could also be some real entertainment in Westminster Hall, where the normal Thursday debates on select committee reports have often proved to be rather perfunctory affairs.
As the ball wandered into foul territory and Piazza began a perfunctory gait toward first base, Clemens picked up the barrel of Piazza's shattered bat and threw it at him.
That means going beyond perfunctory donations to charity and throwing a few eco-friendly products into the store mix, but instead, making ethical retailing an integral part of a business strategy.
Every commitment to an idea is ultimately subject to forfeit to the exigencies of the moment, if only one puts on the perfunctory public showmanship about fighting and resisting first.
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But for all the good that perfunctory new security measures at metro stations will do more document checks of dark-skinned people, the occasional sniffer dog they might as well be able to.
Russia has made perfunctory attempts to justify the invasion.
The result is so conscious of its contribution to the moral debate that it forgets to wake up as a movie, and the shots of a ruined Berlin are a perfunctory joke.
This week there was some chuntering about the pace at which the Bill was being pushed through, and about what some peers saw as the rather perfunctory references to the Military Covenant.
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However, this great virtue of her approach turns into a great vice in the context of her broader message, which seems to regard anything beyond a perfunctory interest in the well-being of others as vaguely illicit.
America's need for international co-operation in its fight against terrorism has helped to overcome resistance in the Pentagon to fuller defence relations with China (though in Singapore, Mr Wolfowitz offered perfunctory acknowledgement of China's assistance, while praising other Asian countries).
As governor, Bush has zero foreign policy experience, except for occasional, perfunctory meetings with Mexican officials, standard fare for any border state governor, but surely no preparation for brokering a tough agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.
If you are worn down by the cold enthusiasm of professional sports, the joyless grind through the schedule and the perfunctory fist-bumps of millionaires, here is a team unafraid to let their personalities slip through, and let a game feel like a game.
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