Word: dull
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like Klee's plant forms, Waldenburg's stay close to geometrical shape--and thus close to the ambiguous line between living and non-living--and are set in regular rows. The light which makes them grow is too diffuse and dull to be sunlight; the forms seem to be machined flat in a manner that is occasionally reminiscent of Purism and its lathed still-lives...
Merry Clayton's portrayal of the Acid Queen was supposed to be the highlight of an otherwise dull popstar version of Tummy Merry's talents, though artistically evident, weren't really visible until she turned up on "Gimme Shelter," and then on Joe Cocker's first two albums, and like Claudia Lennear, she's parlayed her experience as a backup singer, into a solo career. This woman has a very large voice: you have to, to put balls into some of the stuff Carole King writes...
...somber noon at the great plaza of the Capitol-the sky heavy with dull gray clouds, the flags at half-mast in honor of the late President Truman-when Richard Nixon appeared in front of the building to repeat his oath, using the same two family Bibles as last time and in fact wearing the same clothes and the same expression. Then came the dull thud of cannon firing 21 salutes, the strains of the Marine Band playing Hail to the Chief and, far away and faintly, the sea sounds of chanted protest...
...satisfying the curiousity of our readers about what is going on in Cambridge, and at other colleges, and of giving them an opportunity to express their ideas upon practical questions. It ought to be added perhaps, that, while we made no pretension to wit, we hope not to be dull. There will be several poems and lighter sketches to prevent any impression of heaviness...
...questions, and would gladly discuss them in a college paper or magazine. It is possible they may be dissatisfied with us because we do not offer the opportunity. Let them, however, consider the matter candidly. The Yale Lit is of the character proposed. As a rule it is "intolerably dull"--we use the Courant's words--in those parts where it differs from less pretentious periodicals. The same was true of similar magazines formerly published in Cambridge. Few read them, and they soon died. The reason is not hard to find. The thoughts of very young men are usually crude...