Word: bland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This epicurean success rests on an improbable ingredient: a bland, gelatinous, soybean derivative called tofu, which many consider an affront to the taste buds. "Tofu is like eating your pillow," pronounces Washington-based Researcher Lisa Frangos. But she likes Tofutti...
Local boys made good The Cars, however, will definitely be playing Worcester August 1 and 2, with the bland Wang Chung. The Pretenders play a week later...
Behind that bland language was a tacit assumption of the summit: nothing should occur to inconvenience a leader seeking reelection. That axiom certainly guided Reagan's image makers during his entire European visit. Wherever he went, Reagan treated audiences to large doses of his fabled charm. He met his first challenge at University College in Galway, Ireland, a self-designated nuclear-free zone. While the President stood garbed in a scarlet-and-purple academic gown, preparing to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree, some 2,000 faculty, students and other protesters staged a demonstration about half a mile...
Chains continued to buy up U.S. dailies, large and small, during the past ten years, but despite fears of bland homogenization, the average local paper generally grew better. The biggest group, Gannett (85 dailies), has shifted emphasis from moneymaking boosterism to enterprising reporting. Old-fashioned women's pages have given way almost everywhere to trend-conscious life-style reporting. There has also been a sharp upswing in the quality of stories about the arts and popular culture, especially television. In addition to their own. resources, moreover, daily editors now have a broader range of syndicated news and features...
Using an overlapping grip, sentimental people are holding on to old golfers for dear life and good reason. No sport lets go of champions easily, but in golf the replacements have been singularly unsatisfying: too blond, too bland and too many. On the P.G.A. tour, young strangers are kept in such supply that a different one seems to win every week, usually in a playoff. They all swing the same way-correctly. Their skills are undeniable. They appear able to do anything on a golf course except enjoy each other's company...