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Word: dulling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...passionately self-isolating figure . . . highly individual, combining expected elements of the European mainstream with personal tastes that can appear willful or mandatory." He was also a witty and truthful art critic, whose essays and journalism, collected in 1947 by Osbert Sitwell under the title A Free House!, are never dull and often possess a Shavian energy. Courageous to the point of eccentricity, Sickert always followed his own nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Music Halls, Murder and Tabloid Pix | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

While the Krokodiloes' set went well, the New England Ball was a little dull, said Krok member J. Steven Schardt '94. Schardt and a fellow Krok faked stomach aches and were admitted to the first aid center, which conveniently linked the New England Ball area with the MTV area...

Author: By Mary LOUISE Kelly, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Clinton Joins Galas | 1/21/1993 | See Source »

...Tony winner for Best Musical was a dull disappointment, hitching beloved Gershwin songs and sprightly choreography to a slow narrative, undefined characters and blah performances. It reveled in the adolescence that the American musical outgrew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best of 1992 | 1/4/1993 | See Source »

...complains of another class in which the students "could easily have organized a thrilling game of 'Red Rover' or 'Keep Away' during our mind-numbingly dull discussions..." While I realize this is said in jest, perhaps instead, she or one of the other students could have added something interesting to the discussion, making it more lively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Some Advice From an Overburdened Section Leader | 11/7/1992 | See Source »

...Bernard Bailyn's Historical Studies B-31 was huge. Approximately 20 of us sat in desks arranged in a giant horseshoe around our hapless TF. Had we been more alert, we could easily have organized a thrilling game of "Red Rover" or "Keep Away" during our mind-numbingly dull discussions of the Stamp...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: Not Big Enough For All of Us | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

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