Word: dullness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cooperating; ten of my parishioners have spoken to me about it. People are bewitched by the aura of Madison Square Garden, they are lifted by the general upsurge; then they come to the local church and find it drab-it has only the faith, and it's dull stuff after the glamour of their big moment...
...Mans, France came alive as 54 low-slung sports cars whirled into the start of "les vingt-quatre heures," auto racing's classic Grand Prix of Endurance. Once more the famous 24-hour race promised spectacular trouble. Last year's exercise in safety had been a dull performance as refueling rules held everyone down to reasonable speeds; there had been only one fatality. Last week the promoters decided to gamble again. Almost as if they had forgotten 1955's monstrous moment of tragedy when a crack-up spilled into the crowd and killed 83, they turned...
...sculpture. Of the paintings only a handful--such as Corrado Marca-Relli's "The Seeker" and Adja Yunkers' "Composition II"--were unworthy choices. Jack Levine's "The Judge" (see cut at right) won the Grand Prize It is indeed a masterly work, executed in splotches of restrained browns and dull white that take shape only at a distance. Other exceptional works were George Grosz's "Night-mare," Mitchell Siporin's "The Gallery," and Max Weber's "Flute Player." William Kienbush received honorable mention for his competent "Coast of Baker Island." The sculpture choices, however, were poor on the whole; Isamu...
...copy on two teleprinters. When Atlanta complained that the copy was moving too slowly, Raleigh replied: HE ONLY HAS TWO HANDS. Came Atlanta's message: FIRE THE CRIPPLED BASTARD. (The U.P. has also a generous side to staffers, but compassion-as most editors and newspaper readers agree-makes dull anecdotes...
...become indeed, for some, a conscious goal. But Bohemianism has evolved into a true "ism," with its established rules and procedures. And eccentricity, on longer loved for its very absurdity, is occasionally cultivated because, for some, it has become a standard value. Like liberalism, which has become a dull and dusty set of bromides after being handed down over two centuries, non-conformity itself is becoming a hackneyed and standardized game...