Word: drearier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...much care where it comes from because "every well-run university has a special washing machine for cleaning dirty money." Pomton's scheming secretary not only writes his speeches but has the final say on his successor when the prexy leaves for what can only be a drearier job. The sociology professor who covets Pomton's job is so tiresome a fellow that his very honesty and earnestness make him seem more a threat to the young than the cynical and ambitious candidates who lust merely for academic power...
Sudsy Sagas. CBS made daytime TV drearier than usual by adding two new 30-minute soap operas to its already numbing roster. Like all sudsy sagas, these two have portentous titles (As the World Turns and The Edge of Night), vibrant organ "stings" at emotional moments, and time-consuming dialogue ("Penny, sometimes I don't get you." Penny, after a longish pause: "Sometimes I don't get myself"). Much of the nighttime drama was equally soapy. Robert Montgomery Presents featured Henry Jones as a lack-wit garage mechanic who first fails in an attempt to murder his wife...
Omitting the drearier aspects of the desert, the scorching days when even liazrds seek protection beneath the earth's parched skin, the photographers render the desert too colorful. The photographers had nerve-javelinas, even at the distance allowed by telephoto lenses, are desert dynamite. They also had patience, for tortoises carry on a languid courtship, even before a camera. Unfortunately the selection of scenes leaves a false impression, making the desert resemble "Arizona Highways Magazine" more than Arizona...
While the milieu of the novel commonly attracts readers by its elegance, it must appeal to a novelist for the neatly tailored setting it provides for any plot. Financially and socially secure, its inhabitants are free from drearier worries and can afford to find their problems solely on the intriguing plane of personal relationships. This is the focus of Love Is a Bridge, showing the barriers of pride, frustration, and selfishness which isolate one person from another. Separating each individual, Mr. Flood seems to say, there is a natural gap which only the warmth and understanding of love can bridge...