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Word: boringness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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In addition, Miller has always taught a full load, and, he says, "my scholarly output is more extensive than that of several other professors here. If there's any shortfall," he adds, "it's that I'm not as involved with faculty meetings. But that has nothing to do with...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: The Silver Screen | 9/28/1983 | See Source »

In the character of Eddie, Limonov attempts to demonstrate this socio-political viewpoint carried to the nth degree. With his version of what he calls Russian Maximalism he gives us minimal insight; his social analysis is old and boring, and he leaves the reader with only a shell of bizarre...

Author: By Mark E. Feinberg, | Title: From Russia, With Angst | 9/27/1983 | See Source »

All this is wry social comedy, marvelous in its authenticity. But there is a harder side to Pym, an acute knowledge of the heart's foolishness, of the forces that isolate and diminish the aging, of the helplessness of the poor and the unlucky to alter the course of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Praise of Excellent Women | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

Who are these friends, who "knew each other for a short period a long time ago" in a galaxy far, far away? Harold (Kevin Kline), the weekend's host, owns a burgeoning chain of stores that peddles overpriced sneakers to the jogging, today person. His wife Sarah (Glenn Close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: You Get What You Need | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

Why is it now that if you are running for the most powerful job in the world, you must first prove that you can tell a joke? "All candidates look like good guys if they kid around a bit," says Columnist Art Buchwald. Robert Orben, a political gagwriter in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Working Hard for the Last Laugh | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

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