Word: dulls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think the Super Bowl game was a good one because there were enough mistakes to make it interesting. Any game becomes dull when the plays are carried out perfectly...
...various Eastern religious organizations over the country at large turned into more of an autobiographical essay. Cox moved from bending-over-backwards-to-avoid-bias against what he initially considered to be "inward" and "socially passive" philosophies (this stance, Cox wryly admits, was "tepid, commendably moderate, and, above all, dull"). From this position, he turned to discussing the impact on individuals of the "New Orientalism," the historical and modern-day forces within the American systems that have prepared people for these messages, and the potential effects of Orientalism on Americans and vice versa. Cox uses his own experience in specific...
...veranda. "Ego gratification and upward mobility, America's gifts to Micronesia, have changed the Pacific of Maugham and Robert Louis Stevenson," says DeVoss. "A $500,000 bridge is planned to link two outer Samoan islands I once swam between four years ago. Still, no change can dull the macaroon scent of drying copra or the taste of raw tuna...
...diver Jamie Greacen provided the sparse reading-period crowd with its biggest thrill with his spectacular performance in the optional diving event, which he won with an impressive cumulative score of 335.15. Greacen's soaring airborne acrobatics elicited the only wild cheers from a crowd that endured an otherwise dull meet...
...scene in the disco tells the audience why. During the week, Tony is a nobody in a dull job with an unrewarding family life. Yet once he enters the 2001 he becomes an object of respect, of admiration, of attention. As he and his friends walk in, the crowd parts. People's heads begin turning, just like a "My broker is E.F. Hutton..." commercial set to music. Beautiful women come to Tony's table to ask him to dance, or to be allowed to wipe off his sweaty forehead. And Manero can really dance...