Pleasantly in-the-face, the play divests mythological heroes of their aura and presents them in a lacklustre light. |
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Its stock market performance has been lacklustre and investors are being advised to stay away until full-year results are revealed next month. |
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It's better to have loved and lost than to be in a lacklustre and uninspiring relationship for the rest of your life. |
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And while expensive star signings have won lacklustre ratings, the channel's film arm has produced a string of critical and commercial bombs. |
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The head coach of the Socceroos, Frank Farina, has stepped down after a string of lacklustre performances by the national team. |
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The lacklustre second-quarter performance has fuelled fears the economy could dip back into recession. |
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The female leads were rather lacklustre in terms of sound quality and staging, with one notable exception. |
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He became a brilliant campaigner for his new party, far surpassing the lacklustre performance of his liberal and social democratic opponents. |
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Duncan Smith's uninspiring leadership and his lacklustre shadow cabinet failed to make any initial impact on the electorate. |
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The coffee was strong, her grey eyes lacklustre, her dull hair stringy, just like during the torn days. |
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The veteran strategist is rapidly emerging as the fall guy for the Kerry campaign's lacklustre August. |
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The whole team produced a lacklustre display and created little until a final flourish in the 15 minutes. |
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The main characters are lacklustre, the jokes weak and the episodic story derivative. |
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After this powerful display of sharp-edged swords, the choreographed mock fight presented by the dancers appeared a little bit lacklustre. |
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The lacklustre script gives the actors nothing to do and the villain is decidedly bland. |
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He comes nearer and nearer, sizes up his victim with his bulging lacklustre eyes and drives it mad. |
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But Japan has been wrestling for more than a decade with falling prices and a lacklustre economic performance. |
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The first half was relatively lacklustre and despite some scoring opportunities the teams remained deadlocked at 0-0 at the break. |
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The lacklustre session was characterised by a dearth of corporate news and subdued trading ahead of the weekend. |
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Considering the strengths of the individual projects of this supergroup's members this is a lacklustre collaborative effort. |
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On more than one occasion his label did a lacklustre job of promoting his record and were stuck with an office full of unsold albums. |
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They are a very lacklustre bunch on both the front bench and the back benches. |
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Australia is perhaps only weeks away from elections for a new federal government, yet we see the usual lacklustre, boring politics. |
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Some iconic works have been imitated so often that the original, viewed years later, seems to appear faded and lacklustre. |
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Poor sentiment towards the technology sector was also blamed for the lacklustre performance. |
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Trading in Auckland International Airport was the salient point in lacklustre trade on the New Zealand sharemarket this morning. |
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A very lacklustre performance meant that the Killarney side made a tame exit from the glamour competition of Irish basketball. |
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Skynet's performance and the lacklustre response prompted a more socially focused experience. |
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The unenthusiastic response to conventional arts and science courses is a pointer to the lacklustre job opportunities available for such courses. |
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The displays were drab, too few choices, the atmosphere lacklustre, the music no good, and worst of all, the attendants were complacent and inattentive. |
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But any nerves harboured by them were swiftly expunged with a brace of gift-wrapped goals against adversaries who were lethargic, lacklustre and terribly out of sorts. |
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In Turkey, the Islamist party meekly allowed the army to shoo it out of government after one lacklustre year. |
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This community, as we all know, has many spokespeople with imaginations that go beyond the bounds of the lacklustre neo-conservative universe. |
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He is increasingly seen as lacklustre, weak and beholden to various competing monied interests. |
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Aboriginal teens who attend high schools where the culture of the school is non-aboriginal and colonizing may be lacklustre students. |
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In fact, thousands are planning to barrack the event over the Democrats' lacklustre attempts to end the war in Iraq. |
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The first half was something of a stalemate after a lacklustre and nervy start. |
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Sulphur prices continue to weaken and the market view is bearish for 2010, because of lacklustre demand. |
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At the very least, the latter scenario will help to enliven what has been so far a lacklustre and vapid campaign. |
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Over-production is a bane of Bordeaux, and it would be easy for far more land to be taken producing almost certainly lacklustre Blaye wine. |
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Japanese equites are Underweight because domestic demand remains lacklustre, with only the export and industrial sectors being attractive. |
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Post-Civil-War America therefore seemed to exhibit the worst kind of small-minded, lacklustre parochialism, but it had coupled it with a loutish popularism. |
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This poll shows that all Cameron's efforts – lacklustre though they may be – to improve his standing among women, have come to nowt. |
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While the economy appears to have bottomed out, spending remained extremely lacklustre up to the year end. |
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Long patrols conducted at varying hours of the day and night add excitement to what would otherwise be a lacklustre routine of security. |
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In spite of that, Europe's response to the various energy challenges remains weak and lacklustre. |
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Overall, Redcats managed, however, to maintain its recurring operating profit in this lacklustre environment on a high level. |
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I was very disappointed by the Commissioner's lacklustre explanation and her rationale for rejecting Parliament's amendments. |
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Lastly, it should seek to accelerate the still lacklustre growth momentum in Europe through product innovation as well as cost savings. |
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The Programme will introduce at least 20 investment projects that improve the attractiveness of lacklustre urban areas. |
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Their lacklustre glam rock certainly backs up their wussiness. |
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That will make their next year of study dull and lacklustre. |
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Pippa Middleton has parted company with her literary agent following the lacklustre reception to her first book. |
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Its styling is bland, the engines lacklustre and interiors depressing. |
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But any nerves harboured by Hibernian were swiftly expunged with a brace of gift-wrapped goals against adversaries who were lethargic, lacklustre and terribly out of sorts. |
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The former Wales international was not helped by another lacklustre display by the Welsh forwards as they produced a repeat of the horror show against Ireland. |
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Alan Coutts, a leading UK ceramics collector and dealer, believes that Scottish collectables and antiques are providing a welcome alternative to lacklustre pension plans. |
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Another reason for August's lacklustre results is that the usually robust service sector did not offset the weak performance of the goods producing sector. |
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Wireless technology is helping to polish lacklustre retail and service experiences, resulting in greater customer satisfaction, and, in retail, higher spend. |
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Lime production in Canada is expected to decrease slightly in 2007 due to continuing lacklustre growth in the steel sector and plant closures in the pulp and paper sector. |
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The causes for a lacklustre trade performance of some members must, therefore, be found elsewhere and particularly in domestic wage and productivity developments. |
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Specialised Financial Services and Insurance enjoyed a rebound in Q3 financial performance compared with Q3 09, in a generally still lacklustre economic environment. |
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The Tories got a strikingly good press last week, not least because of the contrast with what was generally perceived to be a lacklustre performance by Labour leader Ed Miliband the previous week. |
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Among the entrées, there are simply presented, almost inhibited steaks — rib eye, shell, hanger, or filet — and a lacklustre seafood cioppino that tries to bridge the divide between a bouillabaisse and a gumbo. |
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Komorowski's lacklustre campaign has seen his support erode, and while Duda performed more strongly than some suspected, his support has also dropped in recent weeks. |
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Compared with other protests in recent years, the republican demonstrations on day one of the Queen's historic visit to the Irish Republic were lacklustre. |
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Set against his too-white pearlies his skin looked suddenly old and tired, his eyes lacklustre. |
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Although the fiscal balance is maintained and the financial ratios are improving, though slightly, this is definitely a lacklustre budget that only is noticeable for its willingness to compromise. |
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Our relatively lacklustre UK performance is explained by the fact that certain major contracts, especially in Scotland, are still active but generated less work than anticipated. |
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The laboratory building created by Staab Architekten fulfils the necessary requirements and makes a mark in the somewhat lacklustre campus of Berlin-Buch. |
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His school record was undistinguished, marked by absenteeism and lacklustre grades. |
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The Stones considered their own performance lacklustre, and the project was never broadcast. |
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Prior to the film's release, the stereotypical image of an archaeologist was that of an older, lacklustre professor type. |
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Standards have since relaxed and New Zealand fashion has received a reputation for being casual, practical and lacklustre. |
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But the boos which rang out from the Liverpool supporters suggested they expected a ballsier reaction than 21 lacklustre minutes. |
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A lacklustre first half came to life on the half hour when Merthyr's Ian Traylor headed Elliot Scotcher's free kick wide at the far post. |
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The gilded areas and platinum ornamentations are dull and lacklustre when they leave the kiln and so must subsequently be buffed up with the help of agate and haematite. |
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A lack of cold snaps could result in a lacklustre autumn show. |
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For their part, Italy desperately needed to get back on track following lacklustre performances against Croatia and Mexico in Japan, as well as acclimatising to their new surroundings in Korea. |
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Britney's long-awaited comeback in 2007 was met with widespread cringes as she stumbled through a lacklustre, lip-synched performance with a lifeless expression on her face. |
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Lamont has been a lacklustre leader but perhaps she will now crystalise into a decent politician. |
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But the government's lacklustre response also epitomised its main failing: a detached and unsympathetic approach to Latvians' human and daily concerns. |
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In the United States, in a lacklustre market, the crisis particularly hit the toprange segment due to its higher average prices and a fall in the frequentation of high-class stores. |
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From where I sit, I can see people crammed into a bus, their faces streaming with sweat, lined up like sardines, Saturday travelers with lacklustre eyes,patiently waiting. |
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Those lacklustre showings in Japan were viewed as a major opportunity missed for the playmaker, and he makes no attempt to downplay his own disappointment. |
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Such lacklustre foot-dragging is sadly typical. |
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This decision did not pan out in 2007, due to the strength of the Canadian market and dollar, combined with a lacklustre performance from our main managers. |
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The main thrust behind the motion is the fact that the government is visionless, rudderless, is simply following along, kicking over the traces of the previous government's lacklustre agenda. |
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Let us look at this year's budget, which I can only call lacklustre. |
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I could go on with several examples, but I think most understand and accept that the Conservative government's record on quality pension reform and retirement income security is lacklustre at best. |
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In accordance with the linkup plan, Cortal Consors managed, already in the first half of 2003, to return to the breakeven point in its operations despite a lacklustre market. |
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As the Secretary-General recently stated, sanitation is one of the most overlooked and underserved basic human needs, and international efforts to deliver in this area have been lacklustre. |
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One of the main reasons behind their lacklustre performance is the slow progress in achieving Goal 8, particularly in areas such as market access, ODA and private capital flows. |
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Substitute Charlie Austin scored seven minutes into his Southampton debut as a lacklustre Manchester United were booed off at Old Trafford. |
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With the largest part of economic activity in Canada revolving around household spending, it is not surprising that this led to a lacklustre overall economic performance over the past year. |
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Set against his too-white pearlies, his skin looked suddenly old and tired, his eyes lacklustre. |
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Some credit Russell with prompting the resignation of the sitting British government through his reporting of the lacklustre condition of British forces deployed in Crimea. |
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Law is a slightly lacklustre villain but other vocal performances are solid and Jackman trades dry Antipodean wit as the macho bunny with a bonzer boomerang. |
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They said due to lacklustre and senseless approach of the rulers of KP Government, the terrorists were regrouping and increasing their nefarious and inhuman acts. |
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A middle-class couple's gilded life comes crashing down in this lacklustre French drama with a plot that goes from A to B with the speed of an arthritic escargot. |
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