Word: flatting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reasons I've been flat the last two weeks was a lot of things coming together at once--the season, papers and exams, the scouts, being captain," Brown said, almost having to force the words out. "I was feeling a lot of pressure. Not so much pressure--I was just tired of it all. I wanted to get it over with and get it behind me. I wasn't really all that physically tired, but emotionally tired...
...Really, the last two outings have been the first time the last two years I've been flat," he continued. "I was overdue. Regardless of the sport or how you're pitching, you have to get a little stale period. But it's out of my system. I don't think I'll ever pitch back-to-back games like that again in my life...
Unfortuneately, Steven Jacob's Candide isn't exaggerated enough, and seems very flat against the background provided by the rest of the production. He sings very well, but his acting relies too heavily on blow-dried good looks and glassy stares, even for a character as naive as Candide. The fault may be with the director for trying too hard to make Candide reflect the contrast between Dr. Pangloss's world view and the world itself. The result, however, is a boring character substituted for a sympathetic one. Jacob's performance doesn't hinder one's enjoyment of the show...
...Flat dogs. Crocodiles, another natural menace. Also: walking handbags...
...they could convert to electricity only 2% of the theoretical average 100 watts of the sun's energy that falls on a square foot of earth; now they can convert 16%. To intensify the sun's rays, the Los Angeles project would use parabolic and elliptical cells instead of flat ones. Arco Solar and other companies including Exxon, Mobil and Shell are working in intense rivalry and secrecy on such matters as improving storage batteries, finding better materials to substitute for silicon and even mass-producing flat "ribbons" of silicon to replace the present chunky and uneconomical crystals...