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WHAT prevents the book from becoming unbearably tedious is its sharp wit. There are moments in the book when the readers laugh aloud: a seven-year-old who chainsmokes steals the change he is supposed to be counting; a lisping grade-schooler is cured after doctors find "a button, a staple, a postage stamp and two buffalo nickels" in his stomach; a heated school election eventually degenerates into a food riot...
Tracking down the location of a gene requires tedious analysis. But it is sheer adventure when compared with the task of determining the sequence of base pairs in a DNA chain. Small groups of scientists, working literally by hand, have spent years simply trying to sequence a single gene. This hands-on method of sequencing costs as much as a dollar per base pair, and deciphering the entire genome by this method might take centuries...
...perky, cuddly Bernadette Peters in sadly deflated condition) is a designer of funky hats who suffers from a possibly justifiable weakness of the ego. She lives with a graffiti artist named Stash (Adam Coleman Howard) who has a definitely unjustified air of superiority. Before they finally break up, this tedious pair go to many noisy parties and performance-art evenings. Along the way, art-world fights, flirtations and fornications are noted but not explored in a script that is always lumbering off up aimlessly false trails. Indeed, many characters are written so dimly that it is often hard to tell...
During the final day of State House budget deliberations this week, reporters weary after eight long days of tedious debate decided to inject some levity into the proceedings. One reporter donned a Gov. Michael S. Dukakis mask and stood in the press gallery eying the legislature. As curious lawmakers began laughing, Rep. Robert MacNeil (D-Malden), yelled to the mock governor, "Jump...
...however, the endless ponderances become tedious and listlike. Like the Borscht Belt comedian who prefaces each joke with "Did you ever notice how..." or "Don't you hate it when...," Baker's reflections sometimes seem forced...