Word: dulled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sandwich and head down the ramp to Route 6A. Possibly one of the most beautiful little highways in the country, 6A is the North Side's main street, wandering through Sandwich and West Barnstable and Barnstable through Yarmouth Port, Dennis and Brewster. In comparison to the deadly-dull rows of afflicted pine trees along the mid-Cape, as Route 6 is known down there 6A will lead you through cranberry bogs and antique stores and quaint village squares. It may take you another 20 minutes to get where you're going, but you'll be able to savor some...
...implant surgery conducted more than two years ago on Seattle Dentist Barney Clark. This time there were no problems with bleeding (as there had been with Schroeder), and no breathless moments when the device failed to work (as in Clark's case). Said a nurse: "Boy, this is a dull operation." DeVries and Dr. Robert Jarvik, designer of the Jarvik-7 heart, were jubilant. "We're getting so good at this operation," said DeVries, "we ought to start charging for it." (DeVries has been waiving his fees...
...long afterward, I joined the party for very practical reasons: without the right political credentials I would not get party and KGB approval for promotions or assignments abroad. I cannot count the hours I spent in party organization meetings in the ministry, listening to or delivering dull reports on doctrinal matters or on the foibles and failings of other "comrades." As a rule, the pettier the subject, the longer the discussion...
...hovercraft bobbed passively on the water; passengers moved single file from a ferry to a train that soon started up, shrieked metal on metal and moved on. The sea continually changed color and direction, the sun laying a slice of silver on the horizon, which faded to a dull blue a moment later. In the office a boyish customs officer played rock music on his tape deck on a plastic table: "I've got you, baby./ You've got me." He did not mind the presence of a visitor. "Breaks the boredom," he said...
...after a few day's stay, both women are exasperated with the dull, sheltered existence of the British colony. Then neighbors seem uniformly stuffy and priggish, smug and superior toward "the darker peoples" and lacking any interest in India's exotic culture. The British Club offers polo in the afternoon and musical comedies in the evening. Tea and cucumber sandwiches are served while a sweating Indian band in garish Western uniforms plays "God Save the King...