Word: dullness
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That intensity level was the difference betweenhalves. With Linden at the helm, the Crimsonattack seemed dull and stagnant. After Harvard'searly first quarter touchdown, Linden led his teamacross midfield only once--thanks to a Crusaderroughing-the-passer penalty. Harvard gave thoseyards right back, taking a 14-yard holding penaltyon the next play. Three of the five Crimson drivesfailed to earn a first down. The other stalled onthe Crimson 33-yard line...
...allowing for a few regional differences, such as machetes and skin color) identical to the tribal bloodlusts at work in the Balkans. Eerily the same: the neighbors who suddenly turn a killing fury upon neighbors, the roving bands fueled round the clock on alcohol, the strange, dull light in the murderers' eyes, the sudden civic duty to exterminate the Other...
...Tough Cop fails to live up to the drama insinuated by its title, and resembles a very dull "Law and Order" episode more than it does one of the Robocops or Terminators...
Robin Williams becomes morose and earnest, a man who cannot appreciate even heaven. Williams is known for his rapid delivery and wit here seems slow and dull. He barely moves his mouth throughout the film and refuses to raise his eyes. This dour performance becomes all the more evident when Williams appears with Cuba Gooding, Jr., who breathes some life into the story. Gooding, whose energy recalls Williams' early comedic work, is a constant reminder of what Williams lacks in What Dreams May Come. The role is a serious one, but Williams is too earnest even considering the solemn subject...
...years between 1968 and 1972, when the U.S. was sending crews to the moon, the agency retreated to the familiar backwaters of near Earth orbit. Aside from a few high notes like the Hubble-telescope repair mission and the horror of the Challenger explosion, human space travel became downright dull. And with the first components of the NASA-led International Space Station set to launch within months, things seemed likely to stay that way. For a public that had grown to expect great things from NASA, this was pale stuff indeed. If anything could rekindle the magic of the vigorous...