Word: dullness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Irish were not outraged when one U.S. press attaché noted that their country was dull [Feb. 9]. The Irish Times devoted a eulogistic editorial to him. In fact, several letters to that paper praised his remarks as a refreshing change from the usual diplomatic twaddle. Mr. Berrington verified the old adage "Try truth. It works...
...dull brick Memorial Cathedral for World Peace, where the Pope prayed briefly, the host priest bore scars from the heat and radiation of the atomic attack. Many in the congregation of 1,800 still suffered " anemia, sterility or blood diseases brought by the bomb...
...article and is, in a sense, a feature piece on Stroup. Anderson portrays Stroup as the classical tragic hero, and some of the biographical information could have been deleted in favor of more relevant facts. Instead, we know more than we care to about Stroup, his desperado rep in dull old Washington, the deluge of drugs pushed on him by grateful constituents, the beautiful people of the counter-culture that he hung with, and his gigantic ego that would lead to his downfall. Anderson describes Stroup...
...Hasty Pudding's 133rd theatrical production, and by now, you'd think, the fermented-in-bottle mixture of show music, puns, dancing and drag might be running a bit weak. But undergraduate talent tends to rise phoenix-like every few years, and if the shows run into dull periods, they always eventually seem to revive. The singing, dancing, and punning in this year's show are all at least good, and occasionally extraordinary, I'm happy to report--and the fake busts, nylons, and skirts are all in place...
...among the canals. In the mid-19th century, the new music had progressed so far from its simple start that Hector Berlioz recalled: "... horses, cardinals under a canopy . . . orgies of priests and naked women . . . the rocking of the heavens and the end of the world, interspersed with a few dull cavatinas here and there and a large claque thrown...