Word: bland
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost all 14,000 copies of the Daily Pennsylvanian were taken and destroyed by black students protesting "blatant . . . perpetuation of institutional racism" by the newspaper -- specifically the views of a right-wing columnist -- and the university at large. The paper declared it was "betrayed" by Hackney's reaction, a bland statement that "two important university values, diversity and open expression, seem to be in conflict...
REPORTERS: Elizabeth L. Bland, Ketanji O. Brown, Barbara Burke, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Daniel S. Levy, Michael Quinn, Andrea Sachs, Alain L. Sanders, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen...
...team loses, we're damn well going to say why. We are not going to settle for bland, vapid stories that say" at least they gave it the old Crimson...
Both in Japan and around the world, there is avid speculation about what she will do in her new position. Can she and her husband really shake up the Establishment? Some observers fear that the imperial household will have its way and turn her into a bland creature whose every gesture is scripted. They point to the change in the way she dresses. Never trendy, she was mildly Mod at Oxford and wore dark, dress-for-success outfits at the ministry. Since her engagement, she has abruptly switched to bright colors and conventional, almost matronly styles...
REPORTERS: Elizabeth L. Bland, Ketanji O. Brown, Barbara Burke, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Daniel S. Levy, Michael Quinn, Andrea Sachs, Alain L. Sanders, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen...