Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...allowed to leave the classroom at any time, without asking teacher. With these ground rules, Herndon quickly discovered that his kids would rather leave his Creative Arts (CA) class and hit the bathrooms to smoke, than play around with his contrivances. CA might have been better than "reading dull texts, answering questions on ditto sheets, Discussing, making Reports, or taking tests... But that only applied to a regular class where it was clear that you had to (1) stay there all period and (2) had to be doing something or you might get an F." Herndon's conclusion...
...Dilatation and curettage, usually done under general anesthesia, has long been used within the first twelve weeks. The cervix, or opening of the uterus, is dilated with a series of progressively larger sounds-thin, blunt-ended metal rods. Then the uterus itself is scraped with a dull-edged curette, a small spoon-shaped instrument, until all embryonic matter has been removed. The entire procedure can take as little as 15 minutes. When it is done under local anesthesia, it sometimes produces painful cramping, but many women can return to their homes or jobs only hours after it has been performed...
...that wing lazily over the Amazon's mighty waters, or the secretive Indian tribes that live deep within the jungle. But along the tributaries of the world's largest river the sound is plainly discernible, like a low rumble of thunder in the distance. It is the dull, grinding roar of bulldozers cutting naked red strips through the vast Amazon rain forest...
...authorities in the canton of Aargau recently forbade a circus to allow its elephants to drink from the river Aar; the water was too polluted even for pachyderms, the doctors said. Lake Geneva, whose transparent water and white chalk bottom once moved poets to lyricism, is becoming clouded and dull. Industrial, agricultural and household chemicals-not to mention raw human wastes-drain uninterruptedly into the lake, where they fertilize enormous "blooms" of rust-colored algae. When these plants die, they sink and decompose, depleting oxygen supplies to such an extent that prized deep-swimming fish suffocate. "There are still transparent...
...occasionally entertained there by a local high school girl softly strumming a guitar. The real gain is that book circulation has increased. Mrs. Phipps may have hit upon the perfect gambit to lure the marginal reader who thinks all reading and no conversation makes the library a dull place...