Word: dulls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from Plains will add his lore to this travelogue, filled with moments that have changed the world, footnoted with the sublime and the ridiculous but rarely dull or meaningless. The sport of Presidents has gained another enthusiast...
...collection of his own designs and those of his most inventive pupils, has gone through six printings in little over a year. Its 128 pages are a potpourri of practical pieces that range from ad hoc aphrodisiac to pure zany. None of the designs are tacky, crude or dull, though some of the chairs may not be as easy on the derriere as they are on the eye. Each design is accompanied by diagrams, a photograph of the finished object and a meticulous list of the materials and tools needed to assemble...
Sontag is uneasy about the entire role of "concerned" photography. Holocaust victims, matchstick Biafran children, burnt Vietnamese-seen as products in the camera's neutral eye, she argues, these images of suffering become analgesic; they first stimulate the moral sense, then dull it by overload. There is a truth to that, but not the whole truth. No matter what one may say against the continual voyeurism of photography, the likelihood is that it played as great a role in finishing the Viet Nam War as the printed word did. (One main reason why civilians in England could tolerate...
Solidarity is essential to the miner's mystique. Only another miner, he feels, can understand his tribulations. He is sure he is engaged in as tough a job as exists on earth-or under it. That is the source of his strength. "It's never dull when you're down below," says Jerold Hamrick of Kelley's Creek Hollow, W.Va. "You're some place where man has never been before. Fifty years' experience won't hold the top up. The rock has no respect for anyone. But it's in my blood...
Whether a wider public appreciates such nuances of neutrality, or considers neuter journalism to be cautious, timid or dull, is harder to judge. It's not easy to be mutedly sensible in a medium so given to the brassy certainties of aging let-it-all-hang-out types, partisan politicians, sarcastic academic panelists and gabby talk-show hosts...