Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Assuming Eliot intended the part to be portrayed as Robinson does, it's easy to understand why "Vinnie" (whose name, not coincidentally, is reminiscent of Eliot's wife Vivien) leaves Edward. Phlegmatic, apathetic, even dull, Robinson's Edward embodies an extreme lack of emotion. At first, this seems reasonable, but when Robinson fails to display even the slightest emotion in lines that are heavily charged, Robinson's style can not be excused...
...society's have-nots. Contrasting himself with the patrician Bush, Dole emphasizes his humble background. He says he wants Iowans to recognize that "Bob Dole is one of us." Bush's demand that Dole release his tax returns, so as to display his affluence, was an attempt to dull Dole's populist luster...
...tradition that Americans have long considered the epitome of high culture? Ernest Fleischmann, the formidable executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, thinks so. "We must accept that the orchestra as we know it is dead," he declared last May. "It's dead because symphony concerts have become dull and predictable; musicians and audiences are suffering from repetitive routines and formula- type programming; there is an acute shortage of conductors who not only know their scores inside out but also are inspiring leaders; and there is just as great a shortage of administrators who possess artistic vision and imagination...
Last week, in an apparent effort to defuse the issue, Pravda carried a large black-and-white photo of the SS-20. The accompanying story spoke of an "enormous, dull green cocoon with a blunted half sphere . . . a belly full of fuel, its sleepy snoozing head, where the explosive is concealed." Like earlier photos provided by the Soviets, the Pravda snapshot showed the canister encasing the SS-20, not the missile itself. The article, said a Western diplomat, "is of more literary than military value." And the West is still waiting for that photo...
...dull roar rises from the crowd. Registration is over, and distribution has begun. Men in white shirts decorated with big red crosses dole out the rations. Elders load the 100-lb. bags onto their backs and scurry back to their village groups, shoving people out of the way as they go. As the grain is divided, the people smile. They laugh. Some even sing. They are happy. They have food...