Word: pedestrian
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...when too dark or scrubbed so that smears are left; drips run down and impede its forward movement. The effect of this, however, is not to make the image seem tentative; it just slows up the progress of the line enough to keep it from looking glib. The word pedestrian comes to mind, though in a far from disparaging sense...
...message to bicyclists will also require less tolerance on the part of pedestrians who meet them on their way. Thoughtless bicyclists do not deserve the respect which pedestrians' customary deference and dilence imply. When safe, a pedestrian confronted with a bicyclist should not get out of the way. And when a bicyclist bolts around from behind, the pedestrian should make known his or her indignation...
...Physics Prize went to Thomas Kyle, discoverer of the heaviest element in the universe, Administratium. The Pedestrian Technology Prize was awarded to Paul Defanti for the invention of the Buckybonnet, "a geodesic fashion structure" worn to "protect heads and preserve composure...
...system of civil justice is, at times, a self-inflicted competitive disadvantage," Quayle declared at the outset. What followed was a somewhat pedestrian recital of recommendations for reforming the legal system from the President's Council on Competitiveness, which the Vice President chairs. Many of these ideas represent pro-business leftovers from the Reagan Administration. But Quayle's speech is likely to be remembered for the string of rhetorical questions he asked in conclusion: "Does America really need 70% of the world's lawyers? Is it healthy for our economy to have 18 million new lawsuits coursing through the system...
...Read my lips." In fact, his wording was rather pedestrian. But the substance of Boris Yeltsin's campaign promise was quite as bold, and may be every bit as difficult to fulfill, as George Bush's 1988 vow not to raise taxes. Under his "program of immediate economic stabilization" for the Russian Federation, said Yeltsin, "there will be the beginning of an improvement in living standards toward the end of 1992." In other words, he would not just stop but reverse the calamitous economic plunge that is the legacy of more than 70 years of communist mismanagement. And he would...