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Word: tedious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...particular. Depalowski is the flattest, most stereo-typical, most singularly bland villain imaginable. The three Canadians, despite interesting flashes, are really nothing more than ornament to the film. And Martin, in Jewison's single-minded determination to parallel his story to Carter's, becomes no more than a rather tedious character...

Author: By Cheryl Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hurricane Bouts, Blows Hot Air | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...benefits of being a male nun, Durang's songs are more bizarre than his scripts, if that can be believed. Add to this a text that switches languages as quickly and gleefully as it does literary allusions, and you have what very easily could have been a confusing and tedious wreck of a play...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Idiots' Guide to Literature | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...listed on Consumer Reports Online at CONSUMERREPORTS.ORG, only Amazon.com wins top honors for "a very satisfying shopping experience." Rated by the five-point system used in the print magazine, the site evaluates e-merchants based on content, usability and policies. Lillian Vernon's catalog site is labeled "inconvenient" and "tedious," while the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut site gets dinged for its "poorly cross-referenced search engine." Just so-so sites include Victoria's Secret, Frederick's of Hollywood, Brookstone and The Sharper Image.The detailed ratings are available to members who pay $24 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 22, 1999 | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...problem is the rescues. If Baywatch would just stick to the slow-motion running and random bikini contests and bring the thonged extras into the foreground, guys wouldn't need other television shows. Yet Baywatch insists, week after week, on these tedious lifesaving rescue missions. Let the fools drown, people. Prioritize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Babe Tube | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY] Keeping track of the right combo of foods at the right time can get tedious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighing The Diets | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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