Word: boredoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these people. They're going to talk for sure, so if you skimmed the reading over your flyby in Loker the hour before section, you can just sit back. For all the times that one of the talkers has saved me, I can put up with my temporary boredom or annoyance. Unfortunately, I am rarely only temporarily annoyed--rather, the irritation lasts about an hour...
...unfolded several 20 by 24-inch bar graphs onto an easel in my bedroom for a colorful client presentation. "Costs, customers and competitors. This seminar on early Hebrew literature might look interesting, for example, but when we perform a cost-benefit analysis, we see that the amount of boredom actually increases as the course progresses, while your projected grade decreases. The course's consumer base is suspiciously small, so before pursuing this niche market, it is essential to study the competition." The consultants then embarked on a fact-finding mission to interview the guy downstairs, a near Eastern languages student...
JOURNALIST DU JOUR Then: Mark Twain (1), who later abandoned the trial out of boredom Now: Dominick Dunne (2), trial-hardened by O.J. Simpson...
...loneliness that gets to you, really. That and the boredom. Day in and day out, you get up, shower, go to class, take incomprehensible notes, eat lunch, study, eat dinner and sleep. Its an interminable cycle, the only relief coming at Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring break and those national holidays you thank God for everyday, after you bitch and moan to Him about how awful your life is. This is college all right...
...prudes like me who refuse to be swept up by the illusory excitement. Oh, I may be occasionally coerced into making an appearance at a function or two, but I do NOT enjoy it. It's against my nature to partake in artificially induced adrenaline rushes to alleviate the boredom...