Word: staling
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...savored as a delicious if slightly stale literary morsel-Nabokov is incapable of composing anything that will not gratify both the ear and the mind. It is likely, however, that Smurov owes his resurrection entirely to Lolita-for which all those who now appreciate Nabokov should be mildly, but not extravagantly, grateful...
...Stale Experiment." The cry reflects the changing nature of India's upper middle class, a social role that demands the best of two contradictory worlds...
...coffee tables in Indian upper-class homes carried outdated copies of Punch and The Taller, they now carry fresh issues of American magazines. Indian art is selling better than ever-and although their work is often merely decorative, painters argue they are at least not bogged down in "stale experimentation...
...Madame Coco La Fontaine, proprietress of an overstuffed boîte de nuit, Ethel Merman sports pink, green and violet wigs, and shouts insults at anyone who stops by to untangle the plot. Merman's bad temper is understandable, since she has to oversee a series of stale farcical escapades, the last of which has Garner going to the guillotine accused of Van Dyke's murder...
...immediately after Prohibition-production this year will reach a record 102 million barrels-but only a quarter as many breweries are making it. In 1934 there were 752; today only 190 breweries are in business, and many of them have a future about as flat as stale beer. The ten biggest brewers account for 55% of sales, and another 30% belongs to such strong and modern regional brewers as National of Baltimore, Pearl of San Antonio, Schmidt of Philadelphia and Olympia of Washington State. The big marketing battle is between the regionals and the nationals that have set up regional...