• Mr Greider, who journeyed far and wide, shares every tiresome detail in 528 turgid pages.

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  • His self-published 2005 novel, a turgid English-language romance spiced with commentary on Thailand, sold fewer than ten copies.

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  • But the match soon fizzled back to a turgid, one-paced affair littered with mis-placed passes and little sparkle.

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  • So turgid dross is great, because it offers the same sort of resistance as wading hip-deep through molasses?

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  • He makes up for a lack of formal legal training by inhaling turgid court opinions and chatting up lawyers from both sides.

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  • Russell Crowe fights against Brian Helgeland's turgid script although, as the star and one of the producers, he must have been complicit in its development.

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  • Along with the invincibly pretentious and the implacably turgid, the Oedipal blather and the digital bats, "Batman Begins" summons up moments of great eloquence and power.

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  • But Leinster's pack continued to put Edinburgh under intense pressure in a turgid second half but fumbles just short of the line prevented a couple of tries.

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  • You come to hear Buffett's quips and Munger's turgid one-liners.

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  • With South Africa resuming 104 runs behind and nine wickets intact, it was either going to be a classic final day of intriguing action, or it was going to meander in rather turgid fashion.

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  • After the turgid fare of the previous two weeks it was a surprisingly open game, despite the wet conditions, but tries were at a premium and two Carter penalties, either side of a second Wilkinson kick, ensured the two sides went in level at the break.

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  • That journey started the day he was born on New Year's day 1992, the same day George Graham's "boring, boring" Arsenal were held to a turgid 1-1 draw by Wimbledon and in the same year that England finished bottom of their Euro 92 group and started their fateful 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign.

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