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Word: boringness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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My duties involve more in the way of clerical work than was originally advertised, but my days are rarely boring. The pace is often dizzying, accelerating as deadlines loom and crises arise. At 11 a.m., a guest will be added--setting the office into a researching frenzy--only to be...

Author: By Daniel S. Aibel, | Title: Learning by Doing: The Internship | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

Maybe 360 [degree] scissor kicks get boring after a while. Whatever the reason, Darcy LaPier, fourth wife of action star Jean-Claude Van Damme, has filed for divorce--again. The two were wed in 1994. She filed for divorce later that year but changed her mind.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 24, 1996 | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

Many members of today's graduating class reacted to the news that I would give this year's Commencement Address just as I did: with surprise. The Harvard Crimson recorded some undergraduate responses: "Who is he?" "Wow, that's boring. Everyone else got someone exciting." Editorials criticized the process by...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commencement 1996 | 6/22/1996 | See Source »

"I really liked [Class Day speaker] Tom Brokaw yesterday, and the speeches today were fun and interesting too. It wasn't nearly as boring as I thought it would be," said Mark D. Rudding, the 15-year-old brother of a new College graduate.

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Crowd Wowed by Commencement | 6/22/1996 | See Source »

The ceremony was far from boring for Eugene Greenan. Sitting between Weld and University Halls, Greenan watched as his 74-year-old wife received her bachelor's degree.

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Crowd Wowed by Commencement | 6/22/1996 | See Source »

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