Word: boringness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In the summertime, on mountaintops and mesas, down in valleys, out on beaches, back up in hollows, there is staged in America what goes by the name of outdoor drama. Historical works for the most part, family entertainment (young people playing good and brave and true Indians, loutish colonists, supercilious...
Heroes must be part of the answer. There are those like Jordan, Mary Decker, Carl Lewis who enter the Olympics with greatness already thrust upon them; one will test their performances against their reputations. Better still, sudden heroes always seem to emerge and establish themselves, often in sports one has...
"My Red Joystick," for instance, is an indecipherable while about--it seems--patrimony, while "Endlessly Jealous" is yet another boring exposition of his marital squabbling. Meanwhile, 'Doin' the Things That We Want To" is a simplistic (albeit catchy) tribute to Sam Shephard and Martin Scorcese (but does Reed truly admire...
Bailey's basic attitude is that if exceptions to journalistic norms are permitted, they should be accompanied by full "disclosure-relentless, repetitive, even boring." This seems a tiny answer to a large problem. He argues that disclaimers need Little space: "George Will was Legislative assistant to a Republican Senator...
While the antagonists warily circle, Democratic leaders search for compromises, so far without any success. Congressman Morris Udall of Arizona, who was chairman of an ad hoc committee looking into Jackson's grievances, wistfully noted last week, "I want a nice, boring convention. It can't be too...