Word: tedious
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Well, it has indeed been a tedious Senate year. But Dodd's outburst was most unclubby, and his victims had to answer him when they got there-which was next day. An exchange of insults is rare in the Senate these days, and it was plain that there has been some decline in the art of invective...
...their organizing. For several days, they moved around the circle of the very committed Negroes, assuring those who least needed it that this time demonstrations would be big and effective, and persuaded in turn by the inevitable enthusiasm of the Movement regulars that maybe they really would be. Long tedious organizing among the masses of Negroes (who were cynical and tired after a year's vain demonstrating) was hardly necessary if the people were so ready. Anyway, they would be leading somebody into jail...
...Staples. Just four hours after the accident, circulation was restored to the hand. From a cold pallor it turned to a warm pink, and its veins bulged with blood. Then began the far more tedious process of rejoining three nerves and 18 tendons. That the Chinese did this at once, instead of waiting weeks or months as is customary in the U.S., is considered highly significant. For the longer any part of the body is left idle, the less likely it is ever to regain full usefulness. The whole operation took seven hours. Americans say they could have clipped about...
...slapstick to sly, finely-timed lines. The Harvard Dramatic Club production, which opened the Loeb season last night, adds a few more touches; lavish make-up (especially emphasizing Gogol's nose fixation) and underlings with Brooklyn accents. The result is an often hilarious evening, which suffers only occasionally from tedious repetition of obvious jokes...
...workmen peered closer, the horror got worse. Most rooms, it turned out, had to have new ceilings. Ornate 18th century cornices needed tedious repair and cleaning-with 40 coats of paint removed from some. Behind the paneling a two-inch-wide crack was found spreading through the brickwork...