Word: tediousness
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...scramble for position in the American League should be fascinating this year, even though the play on the field could become tedious. Nearly every club in the League appears to be stronger than last season and it may take until September to determine just how significant the winter changes were...
...dross is stuffed to fill the gap between them. Characters pass the time mysteriously hiding information from each other in innumerable false suspenses, or alternatively describing over and over what has been going on. When these devices begin to wear thin, Babe returns to the stage a crew of tedious mystics who repeat each other's lines after the familiar pattern of the Western--you know: "It's quiet out here tonight." "Yeah, too quiet...
...piece is unpardonably long and often tedious, and I doubt that I would have finished it if I were not going to review the magazine. In any case, my main objection to Ferry's article is not on substantive grounds...
...desperately needed facility; despite HCUA studies, the Masters remain adamant in their strict interpretation of parietal rules. The Council has considered reports on sophomore tutorial for credit, the future of Dudley House, the organization of the Tenth House and a student union, but much exhaustive and often tedious study is still necessary before such student pronouncements can be of any value to the Faculty or Administration...
...petroleum publication in London. By feverish effort, he learned the tangled ramifications of world oil, emigrated to the U.S. in 1941. There, his talents won him a presidential citation for work as a wartime Government adviser. One achievement: pinpointing Nazi oil targets for the Air Force by tedious study of German railroad freight rate reductions. In postwar assignments he had a key role in charting U.S. oil policy, and opened his own one-man consulting service in 1949. His counsel has been sought by almost all major U.S. oil companies, including Caltex, Sinclair. Atlantic Refining and Socony, as well...