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It was ponderous, authoritative, and dedicated to the proposition that the world was changing slowly enough that giant tomes were the perfect vehicle for communicating information about it.
But other features seemed pretentious and empty, like a photo spread of male stars and their ponderous quotations.
[Grass'] ponderous gait, the outmoded flavor of his audacities, are part of the price German literature has to pay for its years in isolation."
Even more ponderous are exposition inter-professionnelle for `trade show,' transport maritime á la demande for `tramping' (the activity of tramp steamers), and véhicule lourd de dépannage for `wrecker.
Back in the old days, like 1979 or 1959, the Times editorial page was the repository of the conventional wisdom written in a uniquely ponderous style that combined voice-of-God self-confidence and the bromides of a foundation-backed task-force report.