Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cabled a first dispatch to the N. Y. Times, was what he described as quiet; but a shell hit the hotel where he was shaving one morning. Whether his remaining chapters are to reach a further climax, are to be torn off unfinished or peter out in a dull decline, time alone can tell. But no matter what is to happen to Hemingway, U. S. readers last week could reassure themselves that U. S. writers still have a front rank and that he is still...
...bitter criticism at all the things that made Limonov's life miserable--that is, anything that can be cursed or sexually degraded. Naturally, his adopted homeland comes in for more than its fair share of rabbit punches. "And yet I scorn you (Americans)," he writes. "Because you lead dull lives, sell yourselves into the slavery of work, because of your vulgar plaid pants, because you make money and have never seen the world. You're shit...
...whose life centers around probing the limits of alcoholism and sexual perversion. Obscenities, apparently varied and clever in the original Russian, flow steadily and unendingly through Limonov's rocky prose. These have been translated with a singular lack of inspiration into either "fuck" or "shit," and serve rather to dull one's sensibilities than to shock them. Likewise, Eddie's staggering feats of drinking become banal with repetition. Thankfully, vodka does not interfere with the lucidity of either his narration or his pain. Although he describes his own unhappiness and self-degradation with the same unsentimental gusto he might...
...Beirut bureau chief explains, "the radio equivalent of bang-bang, an on-scene report, the purpose of which is to give our listening audience a few thrills while they're driving home on the expressway." But the old pro has had it; his competitive edge is dull from too many wars, too many silly requests and perfunctory atta-boys on the wire. Besides, the Lebanese capital in the mid-'70s is the most dangerous place he has ever seen...
...admire the individuals mentioned in your story "Risking It All" [Aug. 29]. Their quest for thrills has been fulfilled by living a dream, a fantasy or a desire. Our lives are too easy, too habitual, too systematic and often too dull. How gratifying that there are still a lot of Huckleberry Finns...