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Word: dulled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Which brings me to Mobuto's fourth good point. With Mobuto in power, there's really never a dull moment in Zaire. As a Washington Post writer...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Peace at Any Price? | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...hate the Cincinnati Bengals' helmets and the Minnesota Vikings' stadium and the Seattle Seahawks' Brian Bosworth. I abhor Bob Irsay, the man who moved the Colts to Indianapolis in the middle of the night. Nondescript, dull teams are out of the question. That means adios to Phoenix, Kansas City, and the Bays--Tampa and Green...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: A Man in Search of a Football Team | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

Forbidding free distribution also gives the paid-subscription Crimson a grossly unfair distribution advantage over the free publications, which translates into an unwarranted financial advantage. What a dull, unchallenged campus it would be if only the Crimson could deliver to students' rooms...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, | Title: An Open Letter to the House Masters | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

...next day precisely how the Red Sox lost yet another game is to risk career prolapsus. Working women may still spend three hours a day doing housework and their husbands only 17 minutes, as a 1965-66 study cited in The Second Shift claims. But watching baseball is hard, dull work -- nobody likes it -- and it takes a lot of time. Look, can we talk about this between innings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Myth of Male Housework | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...that he virtually ran the Vienna embassy under former Ambassador Helene von Damm, a Reagan appointee he regarded with scorn. Bloch got on the wrong side of Von Damm's successor, Ronald Lauder, who sent him packing. Colleagues praise Bloch's work in Washington, though some describe him as dull ("A boring little man," says one). He has been placed on leave and his security passes have been withdrawn while the investigation goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Spy At State? | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

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