Word: tedious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...uncanny in the power of his perceptions and vision, ?apl they pull the rug out from under you. Sectionman will begin to smirk. "But, then," he'll whine, "the older I get, the less I like Lawrence. There is something so adolescent about his work. He becomes so [pause] tedious [long, sustained exhale]." Well, perhaps. But to achieve such dubious critical acumen at the expense of surrendering the remaining shretls of one's adolescence has always seemed to me a rather uninviting proposition...
...pivotal match seemed to be Kawakami's. since Harvard appeared to be slight underdogs in the doubles. and Hazam, who had lost only one match in six years, was playing a tedious backcourt game in an effort to force his opponent into a mistake...