Word: blanding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Iraq pleased liberal Democrats, but also very likely drew the attention of moderate Democrats and Independents. Such rhetoric takes political courage, but since Obama’s election to the Senate, increased media attention has made him more cautious, turning him toward consensus-building messages that have become increasingly bland...
...someone has popped onto the screen who is wearing a Cautionary Look. Wait! Isn't that the same bland necktie, the same bland jacket, the same bland face of the man who was trying surreptitiously to blow his nose into USA Today over there by the recycle receptacle just moments ago? Now he's on TV? I lurch over closer to the screen. Maybe he's warning me not to get on that plane...
...Happy Holidays” in their storefront windows, if they give any indication whatsoever that the holiday shopping season is underway. Their intentions are anything but insidious—eager not to alienate potential customers, merchants have downgraded their well-wishing from mildly religious to totally bland. Unlike government buildings, stores are not required by law to maintain non-denominational decorations, but instead choose to do so—the invisible hand itself seems intent on keeping the church-going bourgeoisie in our midst docile at this time of year...
...Park says she’s satisfied with the book. And if she had the time, Park says, she would’ve written it herself: “I think I would’ve made it more interesting—right now it seems to me pretty bland...
...Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the report, Republicans are taking an even more careful wait-and-see attitude. Save for Sen. John McCain - who sharply criticized the report because it didn't endorse his call for more U.S. troops in Iraq - most Hill Republicans issued bland statements praising the report, then ducked for cover. Texas G.O.P. Sen. John Cornyn said he hoped the report would enable Republicans and Democrats to "set any partisan rancor aside and reach a bipartisan solution to this critical issue." "The feeling on our side is that report seems pretty reasonable," a senior House...