Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tony restaurant like Le Madrigal. Out-of-town visitors are taken for a Kong's-eye view of Manhattan and a feast at the top of the World Trade Center, and Rupert sometimes takes Anna for a quiet lobster dinner at The Palm restaurant. "I'm a bit dull and humorless, not the sort of person who makes social friends easily," Murdoch contends. "This sounds corny, but my best friend is my wife...
...concerns a trip he made to Harvard in the mid-60s. The idea, concocted by Daley's then-press secretary (since convicted), was to show academic types that the mayor of America's second largest city used more than "des, dems and dose" when he spoke. Daley gave a dull, technical, very formal speech and questions followed--mostly hostile ones,. Suddenly, the stiff, unnatural Richard Daley gave way to the mayor millions of Chicagoans worshipped. Malapropisms and Chicagoese returned--his blunt words chopped through the air. A student charged bossism. The answer to that was easy. "You either...
Michael Bilandic: The acting mayor, a Croatian millionaire, said last week he would be available for a draft despite the pledge he made to retire from politics when he finishes up as acting mayor. Bilandic would be a dull candidate but he has Daley's bratty sons and many of the late mayor's friends on his side...
...certain sensitivity lurks beneath his dull manner, however. He goes all gooey, for instance, over his pet turtles, Cuff and Link. And the lady who works in the pet shop (Talia Shire) exerts a claim on his shy heart, though of course he has trouble articulating his feelings. There is really no place for poor Rocky to go but up-if only because an entire film devoted to so dreary a fellow would be intolerable. Almost immediately it is clear that this is another trip up the trail immortally, definitively explored by Brando in On the Waterfront over two decades...
...less adventurous on "Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate." Rather than build metaphor upon metaphor as in the stronger songs on his third album, Late for the Sky, he relies upon one image--the dark and silent gate--throughout the song. The remainder of the lyrics are direct but dull: "The only thing that makes me cry, is the kindness in my baby's eye." And the music functions only as a background motif for Browne's poetry, which isn't really worth spotlighting. Drummer Jeff Porcara could easily be pounding away with one hand tied behind him, and pianist...