Word: listless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years Dwight Eisenhower's historical reputation bumped along in the lower ranks of American presidencies. One 1962 poll of American historians and political scientists placed him rather degradingly in the spot between Andrew Johnson and Chester A. Arthur: a mediocre and listless ex-soldier summoned from the links. Ike's sarcastic contemporaries liked to joke about "the bland leading the bland," about his goofy grin and the stack of Zane Grey westerns on his night table. He was forever playing golf or fishing, or otherwise treating the White House, they said, as a pleasant retirement home. And there...
...provides the emotional center for the lives of some of the working-class population of that booming and still settling American city. Bridges' version of the action at Gilley's is strangely soft. What should be a jostling, raunchy, sexually charged atmosphere seems cool, dull and listless...
...City last week, their mission officially "suspended." In Washington, frustrated officials of the Carter Administration were not only wondering what to do next, but worried about the physical and mental health of the hostages. NBC last week aired a film showing eleven of the captives, who appeared to be listless and depressed. Reports have reached the State Department that one hostage had apparently attempted suicide and another had been severely beaten after trying to escape...
...Carle and Curry, basketball has been a central, if not the central element of their Harvard careers. Similarly, the twosome have been the primary force behind the steadily-improving cagers. Four years ago a new coach, Carole Kleinfelder, and her two talented freshmen began to rebuild the listless women's squad into a strong Ivy contender...
...exercise class and begins aping the movements of the instructor?movements he repeats later when MacLaine tries to seduce him and he does not know what to do. His literalism simply explodes the metaphorical cliches by which adults live and provides the energy by which a sometimes listless, pompous movie gains vitality...