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Word: boringness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Too bad, then, that Great Good Fortune is one of the most disorganized, uninspired, flabby, lazily researched, half-assed--no, make that quarter-assed--additions ever to the already execrable library of books about Harvard. Even worse than its being pathetic, Great Good Fortune is just plain boring. And that...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Blowing a Fortune | 6/3/1986 | See Source »

After a neck-wrenching look at Hystar, a visitor might do well to take the SkyTrain, a monorail actually, to the main part of Expo back across town on a 173-acre site along a harbor inlet. Most people probably will feel duty bound to see the pavilions of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Canada Puts on a Fair That's Fun | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

Repealing the investment tax credit. Eliminating this program is a crucial ingredient of any tax-reform plan because it will save the Government almost $140 billion over the next five years. Yet it could cause hardship for capital-intensive businesses ranging from steelmakers to airlines, which have relied on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thumbs Up for the New Tax Plan | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

"Guys can get pretty boring sometimes," says "Bruce," a member of a legitimate coed group who asked that their names not be used.

Author: By Mary E. Sarotte, | Title: Coed Living at Harvard | 5/16/1986 | See Source »

I soon discovered just how boring it was to write paper after paper about the use of the word "the" in "Song of Myself" and such rot and have often cursed the fateful decision which led me into courses where I had to read Pilgrim'f Progreff or anything by...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: A Fatal Mistake | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

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