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Word: boringness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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No wonder literature, broadly conceived to include even Harlequin novels replete with cover couples in various modes of disrobing, so obsessed with the glamour of the most exclusive gaming tables, never pauses to take in the amours of the teacher on the 3 day 2 night junket playing the dollar...

Author: By Clark J. Freshmen, | Title: Why Do Intellectuals Fall in Love? | 11/30/1984 | See Source »

Only after some months at Harvard did I begin to recognize that it was great relief to have moved into a pluralistic society. Chicago's devotion to the life intellectual was admirable: the sense of living in a right, light community was comforting. But such homogeneity, even when centered on...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Case for The Clubs | 11/27/1984 | See Source »

Sure, she's got connections--she's Superman's cousin and the product of his producers. Yes, she's experienced from her inaugural battle with the over the evil witch Selena (Faye Dunaway) and her corny cohorts. But, by Krypton, is she boring.

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Call Off the Celluloid | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

"I was starting to say that the next step is to get the admissions people out badmouthing Yale. Out everywhere. Lamenting the miserable conditions, the strike, the quisling administration, the boring students, the depressing gothic architecture. Remember Bart, you've got to hang tough. Remember how I did it on...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitx, | Title: The president's secret weapon | 11/16/1984 | See Source »

She was in a buoyant mood as she opened the door of her private bungalow, came down the steps and walked onto the winding gravel path toward the larger building. Following discreetly two to three yards behind her were five security men. The Prime Minister was on her way to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indira Gandhi: Death in the Garden | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

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