Word: bland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...energy, he was not letting it show. ^ His top priority, it seemed, was to counter negative press reports about his health and that of his regime. On Wednesday, he spent a total of five hours with the members of a TIME-sponsored Newstour. He appeared physically fit, but his bland and selective answers to questions were starkly at variance with the reality that U.S. officials and his domestic critics claim for the Philippines (see interview). Two days later, after posing for photographs showing him jogging and golfing, Marcos flew to his home province, Ilocos Norte, belying reports that he rarely...
...phantasm of popular "culture" evoked by Blonsky's associations plays on the familiar theme of America the Bland...
...seven-page report, the committee argues that the Guide is an important aid to students and charges that changes in this year's Guide "designed to appease faculty concerns" resulted in a book which "was perceived by many as bland and less than helpful...
Only Virginia's 6-2, 6-0 upset of third-doubles team Cindy Buchsbaum and Kristin Bland marred the Crimson slate...
...plays Marty as a likeable, normal kid with only a slight propensity for things exciting and unusual. Unfortunately, it is just this normality that too often makes Marty bland. Caught between the film's comedic and dramatic worlds, Fox is forced to play Marty as a kind of straight man--a constant foil for all the other characters, whether they evoke our ridicule or our compassion. Considering this amorphous, all-inclusive role, Fox manages to emerge with a remarkably substantive character. But mere substance is not adequate in a role that forms the foundation of the entire movie...