Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...came out flat, there's no doubt doubt about it," said coach Scott Anderson. "It's hard to come back, and once we did I think some guys thought it would be a lot easier and we flattened out again...
...Drivers] know where they can and cannot be," Mullen said. "We have monthly safety meetings and at the last meeting in January, I told them flat out: if you continue to [violate the ordinance] you will be suspended," he said. The Commission voted to take the matter under advisement, and commended Castagno for his efforts to warn drivers rather than charge them with violations immediately...
...best acting is done by Hambly, who tries to liven up her flat character. Madden is appropriately unapproachable and successfully conveys a ring of untruth in her voice. Unfortunately, the performances are weakened by the ludicrous subject matter. The minor characters have even less dimension. Since even the relationship between Bo and Ata isn't well-developed, the smaller parts are still less memorable...
...intimidated by its seemingly-small stature--this is an exhibit that exemplifies the statement "Less is More." In Jill Reynolds' own words regarding The Shape of Breath, "It's about the three-dimensionality of language and breath--that those things exist in space, that [they are] not just flat text on a page or a cartoon balloon. Language has form and substance also; [it] exists like little bodies also." So make the trek down to MIT and watch as Jill Reynolds and her assistants make language come alive. You might never look at your sourcebook the same way again...
...Washington expected the news. Bill Clinton's antidrug czar Barry McCaffrey heard it from the State Department, which had found out about it from reporters. The Drug Enforcement Administration was caught flat-footed, as was the CIA. At a press conference, a chagrined Attorney General Janet Reno said, "What I learned was at the point after the arrest was made...