Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...backs and ends. If we make good we win glory and distinction. The men whose duty it is to remain behind in college and in civil occupation of other kinds are the centre of the line. Theirs is the hard job. They plug along at dull work and if they make good, they receive no glory. But they receive what is infinitely more worthwhile, namely the inward satisfaction of having done the harder job; of having done it well without the inspiration or rewards...
...fixed course, they will become "mere onlookers, helpless to aid in the struggle. In some ways," he went on, "it is harder for us at home than for those who are fighting, for they have a concrete task before them, while we apparently have only a stale, dull, unimportant routine ahead...
...believe as other men believe because we are right and they are right; not because they are right and we are too dull to reason. So soon as our conceptions of existence become those of other men, however true in themselves they are, we in our own minds are untrue, and worse than the bravest liars...
...Viennese operetta, clearly succeeded in delighting its early audience at the Majestic. Yet to those who remember the notable music of "The Chocolate Soldier" the latest work from the pen of Oscar Straus--with additional numbers by Sigmund Romberg--is somewhat of a disappointment. Not that the music is dull and wholly uninteresting; on the contrary, much of it is quite agreeable. There are some alluring waltz measures, some elaborate ensembles, and a vigorous and stirring march. But the orchestral score is heavy and far from inspired, and the solo pages, in contrast to those of "The Chocolate Soldier...
...glance at the new volume, crammed with facts arranged so as to be easily accessible, reveals a more pleasing typographical appearance. A dull finish, durable paper has succeeded the thin gloss, and the monotype composition has made for greater accuracy and a more symmetrical arrangement...