Word: plateauing
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Interesting stuff, but not the stuff of live drama. The conversations and confrontations are too low-key to acquire any dramatic tension, and not banal enough to reach a Pinteresque plateau of menace Chunks of the play are dedicated to give-and-takes between the various permutations of Stewart. Barbara and Bob debating the necessity, the ability, the desirability, and the morality of helping the Mr. Stewarts of this world. Every one of these dialogues rings true, but not one rings interesting...
Since the Crimson hasn't reached that magic plateau since 1978-79, her caution is well taken...
...counselor, and accepts a teaching post at Billings State University in Kansas. There is no sanctuary on the open plains. The professor tries to write his way out, but finds himself describing the results to his wife and his publisher as "kind of a transitional book - kind of a plateau performance, if you see what I mean." It is a plateau that, more and more, starts to look like home...
...hereditary status, his large following and his cooperation with the new regime in Peking after 1949, Oqirhuyakt (the single-name form is common for Mongolians) became a regional official. The ashes of Genghis' 32nd-generation descendant will rest in the tomb of his illustrious ancestors on the Ordos Plateau...
...inclination, she ignored a twinge in her right thigh to go on and win the 100 meters, ensuring a place on the 4 X 100 relay as well. "The reason Evelyn has so many problems," says Coach Pat Connolly, "is that she's at a new speed plateau. She is able to run faster than ever, but her hamstrings can't take the strain." Kaminoff treated the Injury with an Electro-Acuscope, a mysterious contraption related to Eastern acupuncture used by Sports Sociologist Jack Scott in reviving Joan Benoit before her victory in the marathon trial. Encased...