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Word: boringness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bob Beckel hates boring political discussion. Interest rates--bleh. Transportation policy--funerals are more fun. But the Willie Smith rape trial? A real winner.

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Serious Kitsch | 10/9/1991 | See Source »

A Room of One's Own is a capably directed play with inspiring acting. Though occasionally boring and clumsily adapted, it would provide a worthwhile evening's entertainment for any Bloomsbury buff.

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, | Title: Wit and Tedium in Woolf's Room | 9/27/1991 | See Source »

It is not surprising that most council members found the meetings boring. They got tired of hearing the same representatives ask the same questions of different proposals, meeting after meeting. To save themselves from the tedium, at least two representatives studied foreign language flash-cards, while another worked his way...

Author: By Mark N. Templeton, | Title: Inside the UC | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

THE OLD SOVIET UNION never produced a decent stereo, and even if it survived another 1000 years, it never would have. Its cars sucked. It had awful food and not enough of it. Its architecture was hideous. Its books and movies were boring propaganda. Its great artists were either emigres...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not a More Perfect Union | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

The film is nine-tenths exposition. Has to be, since there can be no easy (or convincing) explanation of how a 1940s murder mystery finally gets resolved, with a little help from reincarnation, in the '90s. Yet despite all that boring talk, DEAD AGAIN is a hit, the late-blooming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Late Bloomer from the Mulch | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

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