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Word: insipid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...give credit where credit is due, Williams does have the ability to write a seemingly infinite number of similarly insipid bubble-gum pop tunes about unrequited love. Clever listeners will note that every one of the five Jerry Williams songs on Journeyman covers this topic, each with an equal lack of depth. And if these songs do not sound particularly fresh, that may be because four of the five were written at various times between 1985 and 1988, during the August and Behind the Sun recording sessions...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Sticks to Your Shoes | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

Another jewel comes in the performance of Zakes Mokae, who plays Stanley Sutherland's partner in the fight to prosecute Stolz. Unfortunately, some of the film's more insipid lines are dumped on Mokae, lines such as "hope is a white word" and "the best way to remember a man is to keep fighting." But Mokae managers a convincing mix of spite and tenderness, nonetheless...

Author: By Kit Troyer, | Title: Shooting Black and White | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

Wilson focused on the insipid themes of "change" and "connections," and said absolutely nothing about Radcliffe's agenda except that it was "everchanging." Good girls don't make a fuss at their debuts. at their debuts...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: The P.C. Chronicle | 9/19/1989 | See Source »

...doomed to failure. Which the "Reunion at the Union" was. The nominal purpose of Senior Events is for the seniors to get together for their last fling and have a great time before our relatives come in and ruin it at Commencement with their drippy sentimentality, boring reminiscences and insipid advice...

Author: By Rob Greenstein, | Title: Hitting the Champagne Crunch | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...effects of such insipid politicking have been obvious and immediate. The stock market has fallen more than 50 points since election day, as investors are unsure if the President-elect even has a policy to deal with the deficit. I must pinch myself to believe that throughout 12 months of the campaign, we did not force Bush to enunciate an economic and fiscal policy, or even, apparently, to think very seriously about one. Perhaps he'll find one in a fish belly while he's in Florida this week...

Author: By Charles N. W. keckler, | Title: Through a Looking Glass | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

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