Word: dullness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...status symbol. Now comes a new twist: an ersatz beeper so that people can beep themselves. Press a small button. About 25 seconds later, a red light flashes and a beep starts to sound. The person can gracefully excuse himself from a boring business meeting or a dull blind date. About the size of cigarette lighter, this device, called the Timely Beeper, weighs 2.5 oz. and sells for $29, while the real thing costs some...
Even though the book starts out dull with a fairy tale about the discovery of Texas, it hits high gear after about 50 pages. From then on, all of Michener's characters wander through, Texas history like threads around the core of a baseball...
Miyake approaches even the humblest bolt of cloth with the sophistication that comes from long practical experience, as well as from a grounding in the inward splendors of the classic Japanese tea ceremony. Two central concepts of tea culture are sabi and wabi. Sabi conveys the dull sheen of posterity, the finish, mystery and allure acquired by an object that has been well worn. Wabi suggests the use of a humble material for a higher purpose. Both qualities abound in Miyake's best clothes: his coats and dresses cut from one piece of cloth, a man's sweater that looks...
...kidding when they promise to "warm the cockles of your heart." Following a fast-paced first act, the second half becomes weighed down in soul-searching soliloquies, a last try at serious reflection that comes too late in the show. Otherwise Greater Tuna's frank attitude that life is dull only if you think about it serves up raucous relief from postmodern boredom...
Stirling has drawn similar criticism for designing an excitingly vibrant entrance and a tremendously dull side and back...