Word: boredome
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Norse gods. True or false?") and has her pupils-who include her own eight-year-old daughter-memorize poems and Latin vocabulary. "Who can say that the classics are too hard for eight-year-olds?" she argues. "Why spoon-feed them until they choke on an overdose of boredom...
...appears that little fuss would be raised outside of the White House if Congress passed no energy bill at all. The cautious tones of compromise now sounding on the Hill stand in stark contrast to Carter's battle cry of eight months ago, so the public's disappointment and boredom are understandable...
...troublesome. The world is slightly paranoid over word meanings. Bureaucrats and diplomats get exorbitant salaries these days to ponder the depths of "homeland" or "defensible borders." In the torrent of Carter words there are always contradictions for those who want to find them. For others, there is growing boredom...
...after the First World War and Germany during the Weimar Republic and during the rise of Hitler. As Antal Erdelyi, the 85-year-old and decidedly eccentric protagonist, professional acting teacher Robert Owczarek puts on a marvelous performance that in the long run saves the show from triviality and boredom. Owczarek splendidly mimics the movements, speech pattern and inflection of an elderly European gentleman, getting the most out of lines that are sometimes overwritten...
...their vocal talents that carry the play. The Club's dialogue is almost entirely delivered in song. It is a real challenge to bring off a show that is entirely sung without losing the audience to sleep or the exit before the final curtain. But this play sidesteps boredom, thanks both to the musical aplomb of its performers and assorted surprises lika tap dance routine by Harlin and Bonard...