Word: bland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contract fattened with losing changes (It doesn't matter the oldest say 'You still go down in the mines') The slam of the tipple jarring his brain thinking bland-faced of the spring flood from the strip mine The mud water in his sink and cellar...
...Freshman Union, which serves over 1600 freshmen, has a "notorious reputation," Leslie M. Sims '81, said yesterday. "Even though they're cooking for a large number of people, they could stand to be a little more creative. The food is bland and lacks taste," Sims added...
...help solve our rate of inflation." Joseph Lanterman, chairman of Chicago's Amsted Industries, manufacturers of railroad and industrial components, asserted that "Carter has not removed any of the uncertainties that plague the economy." Irving Seaman, chairman of Sears Bank and Trust in Chicago, called Carter's address "a bland, nothing speech. I'm even more apprehensive about the economy than before...
...bland, slow-moving story of a mild-mannered assistant market manager (John Denver), who is visited by God (George Burns). God, troubled by all that nasty war and pollution, would like Denver to spread the Word that He wishes it would stop. Denver is understandably reluctant, but relates his story to the media and is declared a nut. The film climaxes, if one can call it that, in a courtroom scene, where Denver is on trial for slandering an odious religious crusader (Paul Sorvino). Shuffling to the rescue, God re-states His message to the court, does a card trick...
...selfishness in an intricate struggle for power. But Sam Merrick's wooden caricature blunts Aquino's subtlety. By the end of the play, his languid arrogance and unvarying inflection--each line curved with a sneer--have become thoroughly tiresome. While Ibsen undoubtedly intended Thea Elvsted to be a bland contrast to Hedda, Jennifer Mohr's dull, anxious characterization offers no emotional range or sense of internal processes whatever...