Word: boredoms
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...other side of the difficulties of the Freshman year more definite measures are possible. The remodelling of a large number of Freshman courses on the History 1 plan of division according to ability would be most beneficial. Not only does this plan relieve the better men from the boredom of proceeding at the pace of the poorer, but it also provides the poorer with instruction definitely suited to their capacity...
...insistence upon his own boredom with the matter in hand and indifference to the curiosity of his reader, Author Wylie tells his age-old story with gusto, relish, and a naïve zest in his discovery of the differences between two successive generations. Wise enough, perhaps, to know that there is no answer, he offers none...
...Suspense?the alternation between hope and depression?is, after all, something that our natures demand. And here is where the newspaper comes into our routine lives as a saving grace, snatching us from this dreaded, lingering death by boredom...
Commenting upon Walter Hampden's recent statement that the level of the stage would be lowered if Shakespeare were abandoned, Mr. Howard said. "I always read Shakespeare with a good deal of boredom at first, but the longer I am on the stage, and the more I write myself, the more I appreciate the man's greatness. I hope to play Shakespeare before very long, if only to gratify a whim. The plays that he wrote and those of his contemporaries are unequalled as far as an actor is concerned...
...food box. With the blue card came the food box but no food. After a while, the food box was removed to a distant corner. Red and blue cards kept flashing before Old Lady's eyes. When the blue card flashed, Old Lady gazed at it in polite boredom and went on quietly with her toilet. They couldn't fool her. But when the blue card disappeared and the red card showed, Old Lady's eyes gleamed. She swung herself from her perch, rushed down the ladder with unladylike haste and made for the food...