Word: blanding
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...colorless, so ordinary a man you could not pick him out of a crowd. Prying eyes would slide right by the slight, spare figure with the bland, expressionless face. The perfect anonymity of a spy. He built a career on being a nonentity, the man you can't know, operating in the twilight world of cold war espionage, where power lies with the man who is a mystery to all but himself...
...lifesaver--especially in bringing products to market. The lion's share of Hewlett-Packard's revenues, they point out, is derived from products less than a year old. To succeed in such a high-velocity world, companies must take risks, accept and welcome failures and shun all things average, bland and safe. They must grab consumers by surprise--not unlike the songs Lennon and the Beatles wrote when they gained a stranglehold on pop charts...
Back in Chicago, Estes carried out Day 111 by the book--but with a few notable exceptions. While his binder called for a bland spelling drill, Estes had the class act out the words. "It does take the first steps for you," he says, "but I still use my creativity to make them want to learn." And, as any good teacher will tell you, there's no script for that...
...that radio and MTV and the Billboard charts are brimming over with aggressively generic teen pop acts. At first blush, Aguilera--with her youthful charm and bare, toned midriff--appears to fit right in. But listen closely. Although some of the compositions she chooses to perform are a bit bland, her voice has range and soul and tasteful flair. Still, this Grammy win is not just about vocals--and neither is a lasting career. Aguilera's rise is a lesson in how to market a 21st century star. And the savvy promotional campaign that has taken...
Critics grumble that Lloyd Webber might homogenize the West End by filling it entirely with his type of catchy but bland popular musical or even with his own works, but he scoffs at those ideas as both impractical and commercially suicidal. The theaters will still present a wide mix of plays, he says, in keeping with his broad-ranging multimedia strategy. "With control of these high-quality drama houses, think about his ability to hammer out alliances with young playwrights who can produce good plays that also have film potential," says Stephen Bannon, managing director of the investment bank...