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Word: dullness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Well, he's got a big body, but to me he's dull. He's got a dull body, a dull face. But bigness certainly helps--short guys have a very hard time--as we know with Michael Dukakis and Jimmy Carter...

Author: By Christina B. Roseberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reagan's | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

SNOOZE ALARM Talk about a drunken stupor. Doctors say not getting enough sleep may dull your senses as much as drinking does. Folks with sleep apnea--a common disorder in which sufferers momentarily awaken throughout the night because breathing stops--did worse on 3 out of 7 tests of reaction time than those whose blood-alcohol level would make them too drunk to drive in 15 states. Could ordinary insomniacs run into the same problems? Probably, doctors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Oct. 11, 1999 | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...bins are not as healthy. What sorts of lives do homeless people live? Wealth and stability--which the homeless lack--invite knowledge of and time for pursuing a healthier lifestyle. This means access to healthy food, appropriate health care and safe locations to exercise or relax. Hicks focuses his dull and uninformed contempt on a woman who can be assumed to lack these resources...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

...match against UC-Berkeley was not nearly as close as Friday's matchup against Stanford. UC-Berkeley goaltender Doug Brooks had a dull afternoon in goal, as Harvard was unable to place a single shot on net in ninety minutes of play...

Author: By David R. De remer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men's Soccer Comes Up Empty in California | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...lineup, including pro wrestling, tech programs and hard-to-find music. But browsing the programs was as underwhelming as sampling those vast breakfast buffets in Vegas hotels. The techno, reggae and hip-hop music programs were fun to listen to, but the video seemed redundant: eyeballing a deejay is dull stuff. A space show, Cosmic Visions, had a good documentary about the Cassini mission to the outer planets, but it hardly seemed original. And the chat rooms on the site were almost always desolate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV on the Web | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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