Word: boringness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most readers of The New York Times would be shocked to see any of these hypothetical headlines. Yet there is nothing surprising in this kind of melodrama about Israel. Seeing "Israeli Army Pushes Town to Hatred" transparently disguised as a human rights cause is expected; it is even boring.
When the entire cast in the neighborhood staged a Donahue show with Big Phil himself, it parodied the boring, mediocre televison that has become a trademark of popular culture.
Along with three friends, the aspiring young minister spent six weeks conducting a door-to-door survey to find out what people wanted in a church. Those interviewed said churches were "boring" and "predictable." Some complained that church officials "bugged" them for money. Most wanted a church that was "relevant...
"It was a really good weekend," Papailias said. "Actually, [the New England Championship got kind of boring because the level of competition was much higher in past years."
STILL, much of the show's banter is as boring and subtle as this exchange between a blitzed Senator Bedderly (Nevin Steinberg '89) and Agent Tess Tosterone: "You're drunk," she says. "And you're ugly," he retorts. And don't forget fat, an insult which finds its way into...