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Word: dullness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vermont hockey media guide, his coach labels him "Mr. Dependable." But dependable is too dull a word to describe Ian Boyce...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Arrival of Mr. Dependable | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

...book should be commended for its accuracy and its flow. Although the dates, the detailed accounts of Flaubert's money problems and the cataloging of his often grotesque illnesses can be overwhelming at times, the author's life is by no means dull...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Getting Dragged Down by Too Much Detail | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

Most of the songs fail to get off the ground, with dull lyrics and unexceptional voices. Fancy footwork by the cast and snappy musical scores redeem a few numbers, such as "Police Don't Eat the Daisies" and "Soldier Soul"--the greatest twisting and shaking of the night...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Puttin' on the Blitz | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

...finale begins in rather dull trench coats, but it culminates in the night's finest costuming moment--with the actor's bodies more to blame than the costume designers: the revue dancers bare all but their skin-tone bodysuits and pink-feather fans...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Puttin' on the Blitz | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

...collegiate or international swimmers who appear in so many glossy photos this month, but models wearing suits with prices that vary inversely with surface area. Hockey, apparently, becomes dull after a few months. So Sports Illustrated, Inside Sport and Sport all sell out to quasiporn...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: Swimming Through the Sleaze | 2/7/1989 | See Source »

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