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...The two lead characters seem so bland that you struggle to understand what they see in each other....
...sarah.oconnor@ft.com...
...Alcohol helps promote flavour and mouthfeel – without it a drink can taste thin and bland. So creating a nice-tasting, mid-strength version is a challenge....
...In Kirk Jameson’s production, Willem pads about a tastefully bland space (designed by Ingrid Hu), which could be an upmarket hotel room or his apartment, but which feels too like an extension of his mindset...
...It’s easy to co-ordinate every finish, but that looks bland and one-dimensional.”...
...Much between is formulaic, dutiful, bland. How to refresh and renew this historic collection?...
...A hopelessly politicised court would deliver predictable results in bland language. The Supreme Court did much better than that this week. And now a word from our Swampians . . ....
...Or are these automated tools the comedic version of bubblegum — something whose artificiality quickly feels predictably bland? The question goes way beyond humour....
...through plot twists, and there’s no time to forge proper emotional connections or expand the characterisation, not least of dog-owners Danielle (Karen Fishwick) and Dominic (Eric Stroud), who remain nice but bland...
...At Glide, Bland suggests the crisis has underlined “the interplay between communicable and non-communicable diseases . . ....
...His language for Purgatory and Paradise can seem a mite bland in comparison but he builds to a big finish: Sarah Lamb’s radiant Beatrice bourrées into the gloom; the wonderstruck Dante drifts downstage;...
...The official aim of the meeting is to develop a bland-sounding “new European model for growth and investment”....
...“His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand/His manners were gentle, complying and bland,” the playwright Oliver Goldsmith wrote tartly....
...Joe Lycett Yeah, but Sarah Millican has a few, what people refer to as a Millican’s Law....
...In a sometimes bland cuisine, fresh watercress offered a thrill on the tongue and in the nose akin to wasabi in Japan or chilli in Mexico....
...A fitting, middle-aged book-end to his scathing 1990s debut Faserland, which skewered bland German affluence....
...But Biden is understood to be pushing for tougher language than the bland “opportunities and challenges” terminology used that time....
...Gentle peacekeeper Martha (Jenna Clause) stands out among all the strong personalities, while “ordained youth minister” Shelby (Mia Healey) has hidden depths under her bland, blonde facade....
...It disappeared 24 years ago when the politicians had become bland and the programme-makers had lost the plot....
...There’s also been a spike in celebrity-hosted interview shows this year, most of which have been bland and unnecessary (guys, if you want to talk to your friends just pick up the phone)....
...As Biden showed in 2008 with Sarah Palin and in 2012 with Paul Ryan — the Republican running mates of John McCain and Mitt Romney — he is a surprisingly taut debater....
...Alexander Campbell) adding emotional colour to the bland strings....
...Sarah Josepha Hale was the author of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and, more important, editor of the phenomenally successful magazine, Godey’s Lady’s Book....
...I can’t be certain” — Sam Frenchum’s deliberately bland and awkward Meursault speaks in a monotone, as if even getting the words out of his mouth were an effort....
...robert.shrimsley@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Westminster is failing to keep up with society / From Sarah Dudney, London, UK...
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