Word: lifeless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...searching for a modern Dover Beach, it might help to pause first at Arnold's. What must have been, in Arnold's time, an attractively hectic seaside resort and sailing port seems strangely lifeless now, in spite of the fact that Dover remains one of the largest passenger ports in the world. Huge, squat ferries chug efficiently and frequently between Dover and Calais. Travelers walk a few steps from a train to a boat and are off. The ease and speed with which a Channel crossing is now done may have deprived Dover of its 19th century character, except...
Even so, there seemed to be no motion anywhere. There was a lifeless quiet, and it felt cold even though the sun was shining. It was impossible to escape from death and misery. Little children with haunted, running, swollen eyes told of scampering through the night, with no particular destination, knowing only that the gas was among them and would kill. They asked the soldiers where they could find their parents. The soldiers replied, "Wait here. A truck will be along and take you to the hospital. Everyone will be there. You will find Mummy and Daddy." The frightened children...
Quincy's offense remained lifeless, and Ricoh connected with Pete Henkel on a 40-yd. pass for another Yale score. It was 28-14, and time was running...
Detroit is normally a lifeless town with about 5 million people in the metropolitan area. We can't hide that were gruff, gritty, and wholly without class. At noontime, downtown workers here form a sea of polyester. And in the evening, Detroit evolves into a sea of nothingness...
...today, even Mondale's strongest backers concede that their man would lose. But they claim to relish the role of underdog. This may be because every time Mondale was pronounced the front runner during the Democratic primaries, he promptly lost an election. With a lead, he was a lifeless and complacent campaigner. When behind, he was "Fightin' Fritz...