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Word: boringness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Condon makes a good straight man, strengthening O'Keefe's role with solid, if uninspired acting. While Vito is sometimes boring, he is the most believable character in the play. (Of course, given the competition...) Condon submerges himself in the character, so his accent and mannerisms are those of Vito...

Author: By Sean C. Griffin, | Title: Heavy Petting | 4/15/1988 | See Source »

Jackson delivers this message heaping with simplicity and garnished with memorable rhetoric. Unlike his conventional counterparts, he does not bog himself down in the boring if essential details of how his ideas might work in practice. He is resolute about keeping his words clean, simple, unrefined and, as George Wallace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Jesse Seriously | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

The hero, here renamed Dexter Cornell (Dennis Quaid, charming even unto death), is determined not to go gentle into that good night. He will devote his final hours to finding out who slipped him slow-acting but irreversible poison. But Cornell is no longer an accountant. He is a blocked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Big Twist | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

Imagine the possibilities. No more would we have to suffer through hopelessly boring special reports on each state's primary. A lottery would inject the suspense and the excitement back into the process. Will the new President be Black or white, male or female, Jewish or Indian, rich or poor...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Mr. President, a-la Megabucks | 3/16/1988 | See Source »

California Gov. George Duekmajian is boring enough to be Bush's vice, but he couldn't deliver the Earthquake State as easily as another major politician would. One George is enough.

Author: By Bentley Boyd, | Title: In Search of the Perfect Wimp | 3/15/1988 | See Source »

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