Word: blanding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wording is so bland and buried so deep within a 324-page budget document that almost no one would notice that a multibillion-dollar scam is going on. Not the members of Congress voting for it and certainly not the taxpayers who will get fleeced by it. And that is exactly the idea...
...Summers was going to become "like every other college president--just a caretaker, a fund raiser and a mouther of platitudes." Well, being verbally provocative isn't the job of Harvard's president. The job is to make a successful but fragmented university cohere intellectually and educationally. A publicly bland president who did that would be a hero...
...already has a leg up on their predecessors. Perhaps one day, they’ll look in the mirror, realize that the love, money, and legions of moody adolescents aren’t worth their souls, and shake free of the shackles of the self-consciously-weird-yet-strangely-bland emo aesthetic. Until then, you can find their t-shirt at Hot Topic. —Lisa J. Bloomberg
...ladies have been enjoying the chance to expand their sartorial selection, some men have seen less of an impact on their style. “I haven’t worn a hat all year,” Scheinmann said. “Guys’ fashion is more bland anyway.” Most students have revelled in the unusual heat, but for some, the warm weather has been disconcerting. “I’m from Boston so I’m used to it being cold from early December to early March. This winter has been...
...nothing more than a trite rendition of the story in which a child discovers that her mother has cancer. While the story’s basic foundation is potent enough to have made a good performance through a strong delivery, the monologue was unoriginal and a little bland. It should have brought tears to the eyes, but instead, it seemed unrealistic—perhaps because Haque gave the 11-year-old character the personality and maturity of a six-year-old. “Bubbles” co-written by Datar with performer Tatiana H. Chaterji...