Word: dullness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...landed on the moon, and none is likely to for a long time. This dull fact does not keep interplanetary enthusiasts from planning what they will do when they get there. In the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Draftsman Paul L. Sowerby solemnly furrows his brow about lunar construction methods. In this small field alone* he finds enough practical difficulties to make the glittering lunar cities of the space romancers look like hashish visions...
...mixed blessings of world leadership is the U.S. preoccupation with its many and varied allies. Around the volatile Italians, the politically neurotic French and the sensitive Spaniards, there is never a dull moment. Even those stout hearts of oak, the British, sometimes lash about and quiver like the restless bamboo...
Celal Bayar and his people are not only against Communism; they are in favor of farm tractors, free enterprise, the two-party system and children. The U.S. found Celal Bayar's visit dull and comfortable-a most welcome change...
Communist Correspondents Alan Winnington and Wilfred Burchett, serving as stage managers, did their best to liven the proceedings: "Hi. Al. Hello, Dick, how's everything?" But as prisoner after prisoner stood before the TV and newsreel came:as. each repeated the same, dull set piece: "We believe that our greatest task is to keep the peace and win democracy for our people, but if we return, our voices would be silenced. That is why we are here...
...more mistakes than other universities because it tries more of what is new, and in the process accomplishes more. If the University were perfect, it could not be the growing, wide-ranging, freedom-loving community of scholars and students that it is. And college editorializing would be a very dull avocation...