Word: dulling
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...gone, the edge lost, the fire dimmed. Like apartheid itself, those fears can now be swept into the dustbin of history. As it happens, four of South Africa's leading writers - Brink, Coetzee, Gordimer and Mda - have produced novels this year. Not all are great, but none is dull and together they confirm that the new South Africa is an exciting place to be a writer. The country's literary tradition has long been in white hands, but now black and mixed-race writers are clamoring to be heard. Move over, India (pop. 1 billion). South Africa (pop. 45 million...
...place in the high-energy set. Though Taylor-Fukami’s singing was disappointing, so too was her drumming in the rest of the set, which remained stiff and noticeably imprecise when she played along to the electronic beats pumped through the PA. But despite a few dull moments, The Go! Team pulled all the strings out with their massive dance-floor-stomping encore (closing with crowd favorite “Ladyflash”) that had the audience all smiles and sweat; they proved to be a true breath of fresh air in a rock scene that frequently takes...
...truth is that Phoenix is warm, polite and, yes, quite dull--perhaps even willfully so. Unlike other aspiring leading men, Phoenix, 31, is intent on being a nonentity off-screen. He does not talk about whom he might be dating, walk red carpets or volunteer dilettantish political opinions. His brother was River Phoenix, the icon of lost potential, but he refuses to discuss any feelings he has about River's 1993 death from a drug overdose. Joaquin is humble and self-deprecating, although not comically so, and when pressed to reveal anything about himself, he often retreats into incoherence...
...positively sculpted. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it has taken their style in a different, colder direction. The album is the soundtrack to brushed aluminum lounges and suede benches: smooth, lush and sensual, but ultimately vacuous. “Automatique” is a dull electronic romp, and the opening track “World of Vibrations” is dragged down by a whining euro-pop hook. It seems like Gab and Xcel have forgotten exactly why they are making music, or rather, they’ve discovered a new reason. Blackalicious is eyeing...
...time we complete our intense concentration requirements, most of us at least have the essential subject background needed to teach at the elementary if not the high school level. Don’t let those semesters in History 10b or Math 21a go to waste!8. Never a dull moment: No matter how brilliant your melt-in-your-mouth economics lesson is, two classes never unfold in exactly the same way. The constantly-changing dynamics within each group of students ensure that you always have to be on your toes, ready to improvise and incorporate a “teachable...