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For 50 years, with impressive economy of line and language, Schulz avoided the dimwitted rhythm of setup/lackluster punch line that defined comic strips and would soon dominate TV sitcoms.
The language is lackluster, the pacing leaden, the clichés plentiful, and the surprises few--no, not the campaign speeches for the Iowa caucuses (Well, yes, but I'm thinking of something else here.)
Participants are invited to create an even more torpid name for an even more lackluster organization.
We risk hubris, given our lackluster national cuisine--not that I'm knocking high-fat, high-calorie, high-profit, bland stuff served up on a bun and eaten in a car--if we mock the food of another country.
It is only when CNN runs out of airplane accidents to cover at tedious length that it turns to the inane blather of lackluster commentators--I'm sure there's a flaw in this, but I can't think of it now.