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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fact, the show’s first four acts—all straight plays—get dreadfully dull despite their provocative subject matter, and the acting is too uneven to make the plays significantly more engaging. We’re led to wonder whether Knox wouldn’t have made a better essayist than playwright...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, | Title: Review: Gheri Dosti: Enlightened but Dull | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...will make it fun for the customers," he says. Many of his customers--men--rank shopping just below flossing. "If they're happy, business will follow, and shareholders will be happy. It all starts with the employees and making it fun for them. Why does work have to be dull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Managing: Profiting From Fun | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...Boston Herald calls the design “risk-taking.” The Boston Globe calls it “aggressively dull, blocky, and abstract” with nothing to indicate the “joy of human habitation.” The New York Times calls it a “distinctive example of progressive contextualism.” Anupam Mishra, a second-year HBS student, calls it “the ugliest thing since Canaday...

Author: By Stephen M. Fee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Snap, Yo’ Momma’s Uglier than One Western Avenue | 10/9/2003 | See Source »

...agrees. "It is the very unfamiliarity of the language that stops the mind," he says. He is unapologetic about his American adaptations of the music. "As my path got deeper, the melodies came out in a more natural way for my incarnation," he says. "And I am arrogant and dull and stubborn and lazy enough to just let that happen." What could be more American than that? --With reporting by Sally Duros/Chicago and Stacie Stukin/Los Angeles

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can You Sing Om? | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...George Bush will be a very difficult incumbent to unseat next November, the main reason being the party he belongs to. Republicans are simply more loyal and committed to their leaders than Democrats. Democrats felt that Al Gore was too boring and dull to rally behind in 2000. The Democrats didn't show up when it mattered - election day. It happened in 2000 and will likely happen again in 2004. Pasha Sidhu Toronto, Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can George W. Bush Be Beaten in 2004? | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

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