Word: boredome
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...VACUITY OF such dialogue can lead only to boredom or criticism. Miss Hayes, although convincing in her role, insists on moving about the stage not fluidly but solely in a series of jerky motions. Mr. Brookes's prime acting mechanism is his repertoire of grossly exaggerated facial contortions, which tend to detract from rather than enhance his overall performance...
...such instruments. The raw power of brass and timpani gives them a sound that instantly captures an audience's attention. The chorale in the middle of the cantata was a good display of the near-infinite variety of Bach's accompaniments. That they were invented solely to alleviate the boredom of the same old hymn tunes is forgotten in their individual splendor...
Parents who only yesterday were worried about their kids' boredom and indifference are now frantic about their commitment. Alan Weisberg, 21, president of the Jewish Student Union at Brooklyn College, was urged by his parents to stay home. What about school, law boards, the danger? Replied Weisberg: "How can you equate a job or profession with the survival of the Jewish people and Israel?" Discussion ended. Stuart Rosenberg dropped out of Indiana's Earlham College to return to the country where he spent a year studying. "My going over," he said, "doesn't really matter a drop...
Apparently, Cosell responds to boredom or uneasiness by pressuring someone nearby with this kind of needling. He is wrong to confuse this habit with a sense of humor...
...Journey Through the Past is so insufferable an excursion that not even the combined talents of Buffalo Springfield and CSN&Y can get it back on course. For the price of two tickets, you can buy yourself a record. With his few seeds of ideas, Young harvests only boredom...