Word: blandings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this day, each Harvard House has its own culture. (With enough difference thrown in to add some absurdity.) But with non-ordered choice or complete randomization, the Houses will become bland, confused mini-Harvards. Even now we have creeping blandness, as non-smokers take over Adams' dining hall, Euros crash Eliot's garden party and philosophers question the wisdom of Kirkland's gameplan...
Disappointingly, the book does not even fulfill the reader's appetite for lurid details since each woman's tale of woe is told in the third person by Chellis' squeaky clean narration. As a result, the portrayals are bland and devoid of detail. Each woman's personal voice is lost amidst Chellis' smug and patronizing commentary...
...Senior Co-Captain] John Oakes and [junior] Bill Bland are two of our key players," Sweeney said. "We really missed those points in the relays and distances...
Astutely recognizing smart ideas when he sees them, Tsongas has lately bowed to these needs as well, but only with bland, content-free bromides. His recognition of the skills gap, for example, is currently contained in just half a sentence: "Americans . . . must also receive continuing education and training to keep up with the latest technologies...
REPORTERS: Elizabeth L. Bland, Barbara Burke, Val Castronovo, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, David Ellis, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Sophfronia Scott Gregory, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Sinting Lai, Daniel S. Levy, Andrew Purvis, Michael Quinn, Andrea Sachs, Alain L. Sanders, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen, Susanne Washburn, Leslie Whitaker, Linda Williams, Linda Young...