Word: dulling
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...royal flummery, no one beats the British. Last Wednesday, accompanied by retainers with ancient titles like the Rouge Croix Pursuivant, Queen Elizabeth processed into the House of Lords to open Parliament by reading a dull speech in a firm voice. But underneath the imperial crown, the 76-year-old monarch looked drawn and frail, perhaps because of something else the British are best at: royal scandal...
...spent much time in Oslo, you're probably thinking that the right answer to the quiz was d). But let me explain. Oslo, like the non-raisiny bits of the bun, is usually considered nice - nice but dull, all muted colors, leafy parks and elegant 19th century mansions. But look past the main tourist draws: the Viking Ship Museum; the 14th century Akershus Fortress, which has guarded Oslofjord through nine sieges; the sculpture garden with Gustav Vigeland's 14-m-tall Monolith, a phallic column of 121 writhing human figures. The city has plenty of other artistic, architectural and even...
...With this ten-issue series of "Promethea" Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, et. al, have transcended the dull routine of ordinary comicbooks, just as the heroine transcends the lowest "sephiroths" of the Kabbalah. Through ingenuity of form and a willingness to travel to new places, "Promethea" reaches for the heavens...
...dull Saturday afternoon in Cleveland, Ohio, and young Halle Berry is flipping through the TV stations. She's bored in the deep, almost desolate way that 8-and 9-year-olds get bored--but something on the screen grabs her attention. A blond in a white bikini is rising from the sea. There's a knife in her white-leather belt. Suddenly the afternoon isn't dull anymore. A local channel is showing the first James Bond film, Dr. No, from 1962. "I remember that bikini coming out of the water and thinking how beautiful Ursula Andress was," Berry says...
When Fleming banged out the first book in 1952 and dubbed its hero Bond--the "dull and anonymous name," as he put it, of the author of Birds of the West Indies (look out for the book's cameo)--he had no idea what his character would become. The market today is more crowded than ever, but Bond's makers even look at the competition with pride. "XXX, Austin Powers, even The Bourne Identity are all homages to Bond," says MGM vice chairman Chris McGurk. "All these movies do is reinforce the significance of Bond as the most original...