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Word: dulling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...show can be quite an eyeful, and the stunning sets articulated everything to which this production aspired. The costumes were surprisingly dull. The virtuoso lighting gets cigars all around...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Waving Wheat Still Smells Sweet | 12/9/1976 | See Source »

...Adams House production suffers from the strains of translation into theater and fails to make up for it by exploiting the visual opportunities afforded by the stage. Ultimately, the internal turmoil of two unconvincing main characters simply loses its relevance. At first it's funny, then just plain dull. Either way, it's not what Pinter intended...

Author: By Janny P. Scott, | Title: Lost in Translation | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

...early fall, when problems of vaccine supply and distribution became paramount, officials did not stress the need for a second dose. The assistant director of the national swine flu program, Dr. H. Bruce Dull, said after an October speech at the School of Public Health that he thought one injection would be adequate...

Author: By Fred Hiatt, | Title: UHS Urges Second Dose Of Vaccine | 12/7/1976 | See Source »

...likely to please either the students or the staff. A course evolved from the special interstst and achievements of its designer is far more likely to succeed than one designed by committee. The effect on their enthusiasm and spirit of working through courses the students find unusually dull or distasteful is distinctly negative and damaging to other parts of their careers...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: Right premise, wrong recommendation | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

Saturday, November 27: "All the color and excitement of college football" seems all a dull astroturf green now as you enter the stage of "Spectator Degeneracy." The blank expression on the face, intermittant pulse beats, and visible post-nasal drip characterize your stuporous countenance. Penn State may beat Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame may wallop USC, but there's no bigger upset now than your stomach, as two-day old stuffing settles like a universal gym in the ol' labonza...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Thanksgridding Guide | 11/19/1976 | See Source »

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