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...pieces in this exhibition are skillfully done, or even originally conceived. "Two Dogs," by Nicholas Dunbar is a sloppy rendition of a somewhat dull concept. Pastel, dripped paint surrounds a dog, presented as an angel on the first canvas. On the second canvas is another dog, represented as the Devil, as not so subtly suggested by his red horns and tail...
...researchers will be awfully disappointed if all they succeed in doing is to fill out the known family tree of particles. Too much predictability can make science dull. Says Samuel Ting, an M.I.T. physicist and one of the head researchers at CERN: "I will only consider our experiment a success if we discover something really surprising -- new types of quarks, for example -- that would explode the standard theory...
...they think we've gotten lazy, greedy, selfish, overly materialistic and irresponsible? What of it? We Americans value hard work and initiative as much as they do; but excuse us if we're not slaves to work and dull collectivism...
...this be the same TASS that has been known chiefly for its dull, turgid reporting and its habit of tucking important news into the last paragraph? The captive wire service that was run by and for the Soviet government, peddling propaganda before facts? It is indeed, but something remarkable has happened to the 1,300 reporters, editors and photographers who are currently working in 113 countries for TASS. After Gorbachev took over in 1985 and launched the era of glasnost, the news agency faced a new challenge: to enhance its credibility by reporting more aggressively, more thoroughly and more accurately...
Chung's success was emblematic of the larger triumph. At every step in the Bastille's history, it would have been much easier to do nothing rather than something. It would have been easier to leave the Opera in the Garnier, easier to leave the solid but dull Barenboim in place, easier to maintain the Paris Opera's reputation as the art form's great underachiever...