Word: boredome
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...Binghamton, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo. He was mellow, he was casual, he even had a touch of bonhomie; he was scathing of his opponents' "ignorance." He acted as though he had the election in the bag. Mrs. Dewey went with him, wearing an expression of loving-kindness ennobled by boredom. Dewey's immediate objective was reelection as governor. His ultimate goal: the White House...
...their boredom was a good sign. It meant that nobody was mad at anybody else-something rare in international finance. The British, who were shoved around by the U.S. at the Savannah conference (TIME, April 1) until they could barely see straight, actually went home happy...
...Balinese musicians listened with polite boredom to a Bach fugue. They caught the rhythms of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong records at once, but the singing confused them. To American Musicologist Colin McPhee, the Balinese orchestra leader blurted: "Your music is like someone crying! Up and down, up and down, for no reason at all ... like a bird with a broken wing...
...years in the Navy, Roberts' heart was sore as a boil. Instead of getting on a can or a carrier or a battlewagon, he had been left on the Reluctant, whose regular run was "from Tedium to Apathy and back." Roberts' defense against frustration and boredom was to work as hard and think as little as possible...
...picture is not so pleasant a memory. "The Martins and the Coys," though enjoyable, has little in the way of sustained humor, originality, or cleverness; "All the Cats Join In," featuring Benny Goodman, shows Disney's skill in animation but nothing else. Beyond these there is only boredom, comparable, in a way, to watching an army training film. "Peter and the Wolf" was obviously aimed at the children's trade and has no appeal for adults. "Two Silhouettes" features a sickening ballet to the accompaniment of the equally sickening singing of Dinah Shore. Andy Russell's singing will probably...