Word: blandings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Actually, the book is badly and foolishly written. Mark Scott, the bland, vaguely obnoxious hero sings a love hymn about Heather from a semi-aris-tocratic vantage point. "It was to be expected that the girls with rich parents who teen-age years had consummated in ostentatious coming-out parties should lack style like Ginny Winslow. No, Heather's middle class background gave her a certain quality that none of the other girls could ever have. She wasn't jaded by their indolence and their country club manners. She was the kind of person who did something in life...
...Bland refusal to perceive that issues exist--much less that they are debatable--is not limited to the broad realms of policy. Students have complained of the administration of Loeb Drama Center for almost two years, and worried about the conflict between professionalism and amateur acting; President Pusey has said that he sees no problem at Loeb...
...short stories in Assembly, only three are particularly good. The rest are mediocre, bland, and forgettable. They are, at least, easy to read, because O'Hara possesses a writing style that is always fluid and entertaining. His fast-moving, uncomplicated, pleasant prose will always find a publisher; but work dealing with the same ideas and content, expressed haltingly, would get shoved down its author's throat. And it is because of this same magnificent facility that those who have had hopes for O'Hara are so frustrated at his refusal to grapple with larger challenges than the unseen sex life...
...live over its entire network, followed up with two rebroadcasts and a series of explanatory newscasts. Films and video tapes of the speech were flown to 101 nations. Last week USIA posts abroad were analyzing foreign reaction to Kennedy's speech and reporting it milder than even the bland and brief censure directed against the Soviet Union for breaking the test ban moratorium last year...
Goalie Bob Bland, center Dave Grannis, wing Tim Taylor, and defenseman Harry Howell make up the Harvard contingent on the second team selections. Taylor was second in Harvard scoring, netting 33 for the season. Grannis, the team's captain, scored 26. Bland was fourth among goalies with a .924 save percentage in Ivy games. Howell, who scored 12 times, was a popular defenseman all season long...