Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Franklin Roosevelt was; or with both, as Wilson and Lincoln were." Johnson is eloquent with neither. Harry Truman helped overcome a similar deficiency with a roof-raising style on the stump, Dwight Eisenhower with an avuncular manner that inspired confidence and trust. Johnson's official verbiage tends to be dull, and though he can be pungent and forceful in private, his public charisma is just about nil. He doesn't always look entirely "sincere," and he can't always. His effectiveness has been blunted by his all-too-familiar penchant for secrecy, gimmickry and deviousness...
...dead enemy soldiers. At his court-martial, Pawlaczyk testified that Smith offered him a knife. "I attempted to cut the dead man's ear," Pawlaczyk said, "being careful not to look at his face and trying to keep my hand from shaking. Since the knife was dull, I decided to stop. I did not feel very good and gave the whole thing...
...butte above New Mexico's Leandro Canyon last week, chilled ob servers fell silent as a voice on the public-address system reached the end of the countdown. For a tense moment, nothing happened. Then the earth jolted underfoot and a dull, distant boom was heard, followed by a second, more gentle, rolling shock. Someone shouted: "We did it! We did it!" Hand shakes were exchanged all around. The U.S. had successfully set off the first nuclear explosion sponsored jointly by the Government and industry...
...learns that the room at the top has no exit. Patty is boffo at the box office, but perpetually drunk on booze and zonked by "dolls"-drugs that pep her up in the morning and put her to sleep at night. Susan gets sharp lines in her face and dull ones in her plays. Sharon, a cancer victim, commits suicide by downing a mouthful of sleeping pills. Barbara has an affair with an agent, gets only 10% of his affection and starts playing with dolls herself. She eventually flees back to her New England home town, where a Christmas-card...
Incredibly Dull. Princeton Classics Professor Frank C. ("One-Two") Bourne is so nicknamed because he confines himself to the top two grades, on Princeton's one-to-seven scale. He contends that his courses in Roman law and Roman history are "incredibly dull -I never cease to be amazed at the way the students learn the material, and I grade accordingly." Princeton "gut-hoppers," who try to take only easy courses, are also fond of what they call "Trucks and Buses," a course in transportation centering on one research project. Two students recently lugged a case of beer...