Word: tediousness
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...problem lies in Stott's own strategy and design. He begins his book with four untypically tedious and redundant chapters that attempt to define "What Is Documentary" and "What Documentary Treats...
...Tedious Regimen. Much of the success of the new system will at first depend on King Bhumibol, 46, who avoided politics until recently. He used to spend his days touring his kingdom, opening hospitals, awarding diplomas and visiting villages. Reports TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand: "It is precisely this tiring, often tedious regimen that has made Bhumibol so unreservedly loved throughout the country. His travels also made him aware of the disfavor felt toward the military regime and the need to bring farmers and laborers into the National Assembly. Since last October's student revolt, the King has distinguished himself...
...double standards. That leadership role in an organization which carries greater symbolic value is given to the man because of his supposed strengths; but a woman's strengths are counted as weaknesses. They are arguments for giving her any job with less symbolic significance but more clearly defined, often tedious work. ("If she's good, we should keep her where she'll do the most work.") Men are elected for their "forceful commitment," but women are bypassed for being "emotional or abrasive...
...more than just a pretty brain." There is no doubt she proves it. Her Cromwell is vast and conscientious. She has read every biography, pored through every broadside of the times, considered every malicious rumor, and records them all before rendering her own considered opinion. The result is sometimes tedious, but Lady Antonia is obviously intent on leaving no flank exposed to attack by scholarly predators...
Much of the Ervin committee testimony is used as the factual basis for a highly readable chronology, but without tedious reliance on long quotations. The writers hold to a minimum all of those cluttering qualifications that blurred the news reports as the affair originally unfolded. The crafty evasions of John Ehrlichman, the astounding forgetfulness of Bob Haldeman, the dogged denials of John Mitchell are generally tucked between parentheses. The authors clearly consider them nearly irrelevant and feel that the truth might be better served by not reading the parenthetical matter-as indeed it would...