Word: blanding
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...MELISSA AUGUST, ELIZABETH L. BLAND, SEAN GREGORY, BENJAMIN NUGENT, DAVID ROBINSON AND REBECCA WINTERS
...ELIZABETH L. BLAND, SEAN GREGORY, BARBARA MADDUX, BENJAMIN NUGENT, DAVID ROBINSON AND REBECCA WINTERS
...Singlish is a key ingredient in the unique melting pot that is Singapore. This is a city where skyscraping banks tower over junk boats; a city where vendors hawk steaming pig intestines next to bistros that serve haute cuisine. The SGEM's brand of good English is as bland as boiled potatoes. If the government has its way, Singapore will become a dish devoid of flavor. And I'm not talking cock...
...extended 16-month transition period? The stated reason is that he has to host the Organization of Islamic Conference summit, scheduled for October next year. Many observers, however, see other forces at work. According to one view, Mahathir wants to steer his anointed successor Abdullah, a likable if bland figure, through the next round of party elections in case anyone challenges him. Another theory postulates the opposite: Mahathir has no faith in Abdullah and wants to give other players enough time to jockey for power. "No one believes (Abdullah) is a serious contender for the No. 1 post," says political...
...kill civilians, we don't sing--that Gotti and his cronies abandoned, if they ever really existed. Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990) got closer to the stupidity and venality of Mob life, but wiseguys still embraced it: from Henry Hill's glamorous Copacabana entrance to his ignominy in bland, witness-protection mid-America (where there's no decent red sauce), it told them they were somebodies, and that that beat being nobodies...