Word: prosaic
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...darkness of early winter may be a drag, but probably more irritating and monotonous is the industrial scale on which we complain about its inconvenience. Restoring year-round Daylight Saving Time could silence that unpalatable grumbling. But the real reason to take this measure is neither to generate less prosaic conversation topics nor to smoke pot amidst the splendor of natural sunlight. Our yearly hiatus from Daylight Saving Time has consequences far—ahem—darker than these...
...Great visuals. It'd be hard to top last night's procession. Last night was the Royal Barge Procession on Bangkok's main river. The prosaic name doesn't do justice to the event. TV probably doesn't either. Flower decorated candles were sent by the thousands down the river, other lights were sent aloft by balloons like magical fireflies. Elaborate Thai boats, rowed by brightly costumed Thai oarsman, went past the leaders. The fireworks befit a city that treated the APEC summit like it had won the Olympics. (The host country rotates each year...
DIED. ALAN DUGAN, 80, American poet who alternately endeared and offended readers with his language--with its liberal scatological references--and such prosaic themes as drinking, irksome jobs and masturbation; of pneumonia; in Hyannis, Mass. His first collection, Poems, won the Pulitzer Prize...
Like most people who have lived in the same place for a long time, New Yorkers believe they know their city pretty well. The blackout, however, allowed people to recognize in their prosaic settings a world they seldom see. The Queensboro Bridge did not actually change during the blackout, but I can promise you that it looks a lot different when you are crossing it on foot, along with thousands of other people. Along Fifty-Eighth Street, restaurant workers sat outside their eateries on chairs better suited for office work or dinner than for outdoor lounging. Firefighters sat outside their...
Another reason for Gliga's success is more prosaic--the price. The four grades of handcrafted violins (school, student, professional and maestro, ranging from $50 to $1,500 wholesale) are extremely competitive compared with the cheap but poorer quality Chinese-made fiddles currently bagging some 65% of the market or with the sports car--like prices of German and Italian models. Low production costs in Romania give Gliga a competitive edge even though its employees--considered an elite work force--earn twice the national average of $100 a month...