Word: boredness
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Once placed in such a group, the report argues, students are pressured to achieve at the group's pace, even if they are intellectually ready for more, and can be locked into a track that leaves them bored and at a higher risk of dropping out.
Maybe the best way to evoke the odd and intriguing flavor of The Loman Family Picnic is to recount the ending -- or rather, endings. After throwing a bar mitzvah way beyond the budget of his blue-collar Brooklyn family, the father (Peter Friedman of TV's Brooklyn Bridge) storms out...
, Keillor, whose Lake Wobegon monologues established him as the funniest American writer still open for business, leaves off direct argument just as women readers are taking a deep breath and checking their 3-by-5 note cards, and craftily retreats to parable. Zeus, lolling at a seaside cafe, is confronted...
The atmosphere is the real draw, however, as Naples is a major pick-up spot for high school and college students. This designation is facilitated by lax ID checking by some Naples employees. And even if you get bored here, you can always entertain yourself by carving your name or...
-- Forty million American adults often find themselves in a bad mood -- bored, restless, lonely, upset or depressed -- according to a government survey. Smokers are particularly susceptible to foul humor, as are men who drink heavily.