Former England flanker Neil Back penned Size Doesn't Matter, an engaging, amusing autobiography, in 2001, but with Dean Eldredge, he's produced a grittier, considerably more abrasive version in The Death Of Rugby, the perfect antidote to some of the
blander rugby titles scheduled to be published this month.
It's well-observed, although Lily Shepherd's Chloe is
blander than she should be, and a sub-plot concerning Dee's personal life, while resolved at the end, feels awkward in the general arc of the story.
Dundas Links from Lothian, which has have brought a new, fresh take on cuinks to the modern market by using antique coins and shotgun shells instead of
blander decorations.
In the pages of "Devil, Dear", she explores the evolution of romantic relationships from lust-driven days to the
blander ones found in lasting companionship.
Older and far
blander than we might expect, the lad has strange, almost epileptic visions of things to come.
Perhaps Phil was just too much of a personality for the station's new
blander sound.
Pankaj Ghemawat refers to outsized estimates as globaloney: "It obscures the potential gains from additional globalization, swells fears about its adverse consequences, and causes companies to adopt strategies of 'bigger and
blander.'" Repeated failure of global initiatives stretch the limited capacity for true global problem solving, Ghemawat argues, pointing out that many goals can best be approached at the regional, national, or even local level.
The Xbox One is bigger and, frankly,
blander. It does, however, have a flat top, which means its easier to find somewhere to put it.
Much of the
blander, mass-produced coffee in this country comes from Asia and other regions.
You know, the type of boy you looks to jump first over a boundary wall when trespassing on private property, who finds it impossible to listen to his parents--although the quality also makes it easier to love him, rather than the older,
blander version of him.
It'll be the audience dropping off - rom-coms don't come any
blander. (Cert U, 2003) *
by Utkan Demirci, Ali Khademhosseini, Robert Langer and Jeffrey
Blander.
Tomatoes also taste
blander when they are picked too early or stored in the fridge.
