Word: dullness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dispensing “social” advice to freshmen, while being unable to—in fact, prohibited from—socializing with their prefectees in standard College social contexts or answering their academic questions. Ill-attended weekly chips and salsa sessions ensue; the conversation is often dull, and prefects themselves sometimes fail to attend. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with the prefects themselves. They are, sadly, constrained by an institution confused in its purpose. Asked to do little, it does little in return. When the College marshals the manpower of several hundred upperclassmen, it should...
...Civilizations (NELC) has its offices high up on the fifth floor of 1430 Mass. Ave. (better known as CVS). A narrow corridor leads to closet-sized rooms just big enough to fit a professor and an FM reporter. Framed, dusty posters in Arabic from the eighties line the dull white walls, and the sounds of a Middle Eastern chant play softly from a distant corner...
...sport that American comedian Robin Williams memorably described as "baseball on valium" suddenly such big business? Because Indians don't find it dull at all. Cricket is the closest thing to a universal religion in a diverse nation that is home to a sixth of the world's population. Until the Indian TV market opened to private broadcasters in the early 1990s, however, its potential was untapped. A state-owned broadcaster, Doordashan, held a monopoly on TV rights, and "they used to give them away," groans Thawani. Today, interest in the sport is blossoming worldwide, making televised matches?along with...
...Itoh also claims that scientific evidence shows 20 to 30-week-old fetuses are more sensitive to pain and lack mechanisms to dull the effects of pain. However, a recent review of the literature published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that the neural mechanisms needed to perceive pain are not formed until 28-30 weeks...
...recent years, the Academy Awards broadcast has come under fire for being overlong and dull. Last year, the show’s producers trimmed its runtime by a half hour and tapped outspoken comedian Chris Rock to give the program some much needed “edge.” To the delight of viewers—and the horror of many stars—Rock used the hosting gig to skewer Hollywood egos and lampoon the self-importance of the entertainment industry. But his barbs may have been a little too incisive—he was not invited back...