Word: dulled
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...written ineradicable into University policy. Dean Hanford's Annual Report contains an indictment of the schools, and the newly-established University tutoring system at least shows that the authorities are determined to act. There is much more that the University can and should do. Badly organized courses, dull lecturers, and unhelpful section men are still common. As long as they are present, students will be driven across Mass. Avenue for aid and comfort...
...strength is waning. ... I have been amazed to find how little Japanese leaders in Tokyo know of the Chinese spirit and determination. In the mountain regions the Japanese are on the defensive." Of bustling Chungking, China's new capital, he declared: "It affords an amazing contrast to a dull Tokyo and the latter's burdened, bureaucratic methods...
...silver spoon in his cradle: "One with a family name has a lot to live up to." But Lawyer Taft, Yale '10, put the spoons to work. Uncle Charles had a chunk of Cincinnati's Street Railway System, wanted the complicated setup reorganized. Specializing in dry, dull, technical cases, Bob Taft worked on this complex chore off-&-on for eleven years, finished straightening it out in 1925. In this job, as in many another since, he displayed his talent for figures, often amazing his uncle, Mathematician Louis More, dean of University of Cincinnati's Graduate School, brother...
...slightest sign of bullet marks on or in Unity's head. "The only thing wrong with her head is that it is turned!" shrugged M. Micouleau after kindly British tars had carried Unity safely aboard a Channel packet while her mother held her hand. She looked pale, dull-eyed and tottery but presently sat up, laughed and chattered with her mother...
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (Universal). In this often dull, sometimes raucous, rarely amusing whodunit, Charlie McCarthy knows all the answers except what to do next with a talented ventriloquist's dummy in pictures. He sings a song, echoes some reminiscent gags (Sample: "I don't mind suffering, it's just the pain I can't stand"). He is also credited with solving a murder which is really solved by Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, who is said to be somewhat jealous of Charlie, has a clause in his contract stating that Charlie McCarthy must never be billed above Edgar...