| 单词 | inoffensive |
| 例句 | “Oi heard they had some trouble up on Mauthen farm,” I said, keeping my information as vague and inoffensive as possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Later on, you found out that he wasn’t inoffensive, of course. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The quietly inoffensive assertion of a black child’s attempt to communicate with a white adult. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s all such inoffensive food; I shouldn’t have any problems with it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I therefore set about thinking of some witty reply; some statement which would still be safely inoffensive in the event of my having misjudged the situation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She seemed so inoffensive that the sentries let her pass without any questions as another vendor, one of the many who often arrived from the towns in the swamp. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Maybe because the words were so startling as they issued from this pale and inoffensive looking little man. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When the ring was complete, I considered wrecking it again, but the gods were inoffensive, dull. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z By nature inoffensive, friendly, and obliging, his presentation at St. James’s had made him courteous. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z New Orleans is. on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She had come with a gentleman by the name of Gouvemail, connected with one of the daily papers, of whom nothing special could be said, except that he was observant and seemed quiet and inoffensive. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z When they taught, they were at best bloodless and inoffensive; at their worst, they could ruin a child’s life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In Ashbury I am not a homeowner, not even a tenant—I’m a lodger, occupant of the small second bedroom in Cathy’s bland and inoffensive duplex, subject to her grace and favour. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Bowie’s last recording until now was released in 2003: Reality, an inoffensive rock record free of riveting melodies or mysteries. David Bowie: Back to His Mysterious Best 2013-03-07T12:00:25Z He’s an inoffensive though sometimes cloying children’s party host presiding over a pleasant touristy production. Moscow Ballet Arrives With Its ‘Great Russian Nutcracker’ 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Is there a gentle and inoffensive way to correct this error, without coming off as snooty? Social Q?s: When Friends Drift 2011-08-04T20:05:05Z This is easily the best inoffensive joke in Israeli writer David Grossman’s brilliant, blistering new novel. Review | David Grossman’s new novel presents a stand-up comic in crisis 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Also inoffensive is “W.C.,” or “water closet,” found throughout Europe. Female Trouble: The Debate Over “Woman” as an Adjective 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Surrounded by booming electronic dance beats and a corps of hip-hop dancers, Mr. Roumain is game, likable and inoffensive to the core. Music Review: Daniel Bernard Roumain at Harvey Theater - Review 2011-10-14T23:11:29Z We were looking instead at books -- at either old or, politically speaking, inoffensive architecture. Pritzker winner Alejandro Aravena on Pinochet, postmodernism and building a house for $7,500 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z It starts calmly enough, with potentially disturbing ideas masked in scrupulously inoffensive prose: The joy of literary destruction: Writers who broke all the rules 2014-01-19T15:00:00Z The beach city is inoffensive now, but it’s in the process of reinventing itself to steal some of the spotlight from its neighbors. Near or Far, Head South to Escape the Winter 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z These sorts of slogans are likely to be bland and inoffensive, as they must represent a wide range of producers with wildly differing points of view. The Wine Business Sees a Problem: Millennials Aren’t Drinking Enough 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z For others it’s an inoffensive as watching someone drink, say a Venti iced skinny hazelnut macchiato with an extra shot and no whip. A young male Starbucks barista comes to the defense of a nursing mom causing a stir 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z They’re universally liked and inoffensive, outgoing and follow you from room to room looking for attention, love and treats. Why does everyone want to date a "golden retriever boyfriend?" 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z The audience chuckled its self-regarding approval, and Albert Herring was promptly filed under "inoffensive comic romp". Britten's comic hero Albert Herring: the only virgin in the village 2013-05-08T17:59:01Z Both songs are, relatively speaking, toothless, with borrowing so casual as to be inoffensive — there is no play for authenticity, only an acknowledgment of the genre’s universal appeal. Ariana Grande and Fifth Harmony Are Songbirds With Clipped Wings on New Albums 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z For those who shop by model and style number instead of cut and fit, the sea of inoffensive blues and greens and browns and blacks may be reassuring. 2010-01-21T08:10:00Z The car company’s placements are numerous yet inoffensive—much like its vehicles. TNT's New Spy Show Legends Stars a Hyundai 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Many consist of simple a cappella recordings of the artist’s untrained, but inoffensive, singing voice, played in weird and wonderful locations, like a Tesco supermarket in Manchester, Helsinki Central Station or the Acropolis. Special Report: An Artist Whose Work 'Sounds Like Stars' 2010-10-13T13:00:00Z The questions sounded workshopped to death—as if two teams of publicists had boiled them down to their most bland and inoffensive versions. Megyn Kelly surrenders: Her fawning Donald Trump interview proves she’s toeing the party line now 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Clive Barnes, reviewing it in The New York Times, dismissed it with a kind of jovial understanding of its inoffensive appeal. Anthony Marriott, British Playwright, Dies at 83 2014-04-28T04:22:30Z "Clash of the Titans" was a nearly humorless, overly digitized remake of a piece of sword-and-sorcery cheese from the 1980s, an inoffensive big-budget trifle whose biggest sin was a postproduction conversion to 3-D. 'Wrath of the Titans' has a little fun on its way to Hades 2012-03-28T20:11:16Z Television is full of bland, anodyne, inoffensive acts, wasting airtime with material so obvious, predictable and boring that it's only purpose, surely, is to anaesthetise us. Is Frankie Boyle actually funny? 2010-12-19T00:06:27Z Watching Chinese Zodiac it is noticeable how inoffensive the humour and the villains are. Jackie Chan: ‘I hate violence’ 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Many are less than $10, which is fine if you are only looking for an inoffensive alcoholic beverage. 20 Wines Under $20: When Any Night Can Be a Weeknight 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z They’re not cheap enough to compete with the oceans of inoffensive chardonnay from elsewhere. Perspective | Now that cheap chardonnay is everywhere, some French winemakers attempt a reinvention 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Her work so far is clean, crisp, contained: completely inoffensive. MorDance in a Triple Bill at the Sheen Center 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Yeah, we do that, but we keep it inoffensive, so to speak, with the colors and everything. | Q&A: Vanilla Ice on His New Reality TV Series 2010-09-16T05:00:00Z People turned to white because if they wanted to sell their houses, they needed the color to be simple and inoffensive. New on the Block: The Little Black House 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z When addressing Black toxic masculinity, primarily through Da’Vinchi’s Lust, the play is mostly inoffensive, if unremarkable. Review: ‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ Preaches to the Choir 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z This also has a way of defanging movies, however, with the main character’s only stroke of complexity relegated to something simple and inoffensive. Hollywood needs to stop letting stars author their own biopics | Charles Bramesco 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z While pursuing those, it seeks to be naughty, yet largely inoffensive. Review: ‘The Little Death’ Plays With Narrative Form and Fetish 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Too often, the drive for likability produces ingratiating, inoffensive characters who are unproblematic but also uninteresting. Olive Kitteridge and Why "Likability" Is for Saps 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The musicologist Alfred Einstein thought the standard completion inoffensive. The Knights and Timo Andres Fill Out Mozart’s ‘Coronation’ 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The updated “L Word,” it seems, is less concerned with being radical than it is with being inoffensive. “The L Word” Reboot Seeks to Absolve the Original’s Sins 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet it is possible to view this inoffensive show not as an artifact of an impossibly quaint age, but as quietly radical, a herald of things to come. The Many Rebellions of ‘Dobie Gillis’ 2013-06-28T19:45:34Z Look at Eurovision, the glorious train wreck that it is, for examples of just how packaged and stifled music becomes when its to be inoffensive and easy to understand. 11 Olympic Theme Songs, Dissected 2012-07-30T12:00:54Z That aside, the wine was light-bodied and relatively inoffensive, unless its lack of varietal character would bother you. And Now the Easy Part: Selecting Thanksgiving Wines 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z As it is, “Dealt” remains a pleasing — if inoffensive — portrait. Review: In ‘Dealt,’ a Magician Never Shows His Hand (Until He Does) 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z That formula for “The Addams Family” includes a beloved brand-name title, a famous star, an inoffensive script, echoes of nostalgia and some savvy commercial judgments. The Critics May Rant, but ?Addams Family? Rakes It In 2010-04-14T01:23:00Z At night, staff members showed us the etiquette of drinking kava, a slightly bitter but otherwise inoffensive root drink that is a vital part of Fijian village life. Frugal Traveler Blog: Fiji for the Rest of Us 2012-05-01T20:26:09Z Woody Allen is the king of this type of comedy, but compared to the whimsical, invariably inoffensive Ms. Kalman, he is a venomous monster of biting satire. Art Review: Dispatches From the Kvetchnyan Ambassador 2011-03-17T22:25:33Z Our political debate seems a lot like our football sideline interviews — a woman offering inoffensive pre-packaged nothingness talking to a man who sounds like he just suffered a concussion. A tale of two populisms: Do you want to live in Donald Trump’s New York or Bob Dylan’s America? 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z An ethnic Scottishness provides a subtle and apparently inoffensive way of being white and conservative. To the Ends of the Earth by TM Devine ? review 2011-08-04T08:59:01Z Somehow this inoffensive prop suddenly became the focus of my attention. My uncontrollable urge to break the fourth wall 2011-04-07T10:31:38Z True to the tenets of Sikhism, he was unfailingly polite, kind, and inoffensive in the face of sustained and widespread vilification. When trolling crosses dangerous lines: This writer’s selfie transformed into a terrorist portrait shows how far online abuse can go 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z From the skimpy outlines of a cartoon, Mr. Lane manages to make his oily Gomez a distinctive and oddly lovable character, a tasty but inoffensive parody of the suave European of old Hollywood movies. Nathan Lane, Hamming It Up As Few Can 2010-05-26T17:15:00Z You don't want comedy to be bland and safe, but there's no reason why inoffensive should be bland. A laughing matter: Comedians Steve Punt and Shappi Khorsandi debate whether comedy is too cruel 2011-01-22T08:31:01Z In the end, the strategy comes off as an inoffensive but unsuccessful attempt to spin the humble material into something profound. ESPN's Allen Iverson documentary holds few surprises 2010-04-11T21:15:00Z Current segments include This Week in Unnecessary Censorship - where inoffensive TV clips are bleeped to imply they are offensive - and How Is This News? which feature real news stories deemed to be non-newsworthy. Kimmel show to compete with Leno 2012-08-22T09:27:16Z Essentially a daytime series transposed to the evening, but inoffensive viewing at the end of the working week. TV highlights 21/06/2013 2013-06-21T06:00:01Z Like the rest of Destiny, it’s inoffensive and even charming in isolation. Destiny Is a New Shooter Game From Activision and Bungie 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s a pop-up shop in SoHo, selling a limited collection of inoffensive holiday gifts to last-minute shoppers. Lord & Taylor Returns to New York — Sort of! 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The sample is cheesy and infectious, the verses tongue-in-cheek and largely inoffensive. How Professor Green gatecrashed the charts 2010-04-20T16:24:00Z “Happiness for Beginners” is inoffensive to a fault. ‘Happiness for Beginners’ Review: Live, Laugh, Hike 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z The second thing is that the movie is curiously inoffensive. The Dictator ? review 2012-05-19T23:08:03Z Well, the result is probably inoffensive — a horror movie without blood pumping in its veins. ‘They/Them’ Review: Scared Straight 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Another part of their appeal, he suggests, is that the sound is deliberately inoffensive. Also-rans to world's biggest boy band: the rise of One Direction 2012-11-17T14:47:23Z The production wasn’t exactly revelatory, but it was at least inoffensive. Review | With spectacular squib of ‘Samson,’ Met Opera grasps at new start 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Should it only be performed by Asians, or in interpretations inoffensive to them? The ‘Mikado’ controversy: A call for calm discourse 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z In its confident charisma, that one minute felt both funny and daring, a combination otherwise nowhere to be seen, a welcome detour from the pre-chewed and inoffensive banter of “Saturday Night Live.” The 2018 Emmys: The Blah Place 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Several West Virginians I spoke to — including my mother, who grew up in the same county as the Cobalt mine — found the subtitles inoffensive and necessary. Virginia Heffernan: Mining Reality 2011-04-04T02:01:13Z There is absolutely no excuse for settling for middle-of-the-road, inoffensive color schemes in your living space, where the only person you need to please is you. Smart Watch: Not all reality TV is trash! These unscripted shows are actually useful 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z She discusses the book with Lisa, who observes: “Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do?” Why Hank Azaria Won’t Play Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ Anymore 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Sometimes the voice of an era is the one that you forget all about, the one that was so ubiquitous and inoffensive, it practically became background noise. Maroon 5 and Counting Crows Offer New Albums 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z It might be that or an inoffensive sitcom with big tent ambitions that takes a few episodes to organize its approach. With "Young Rock," is Dwayne Johnson starting his presidential campaign 10 years early? 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The stresses of parenthood and illness are the main emphasis here, and if the film follows the formula of an inoffensive Lifetime movie, that works well enough to keep the tale perfectly watchable. Review: ‘Miracles From Heaven,’ Starring Jennifer Garner as the Mother of a Sick Child 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z It wasn’t an easy monologue; it was uncomfortable, thorny, and one of the most shocking segments the typically inoffensive Oscars have ever produced. Chris Rock’s Oscars monologue stuns: “When your grandmother’s swinging from a tree it’s really hard to care about best documentary foreign short” 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z ‘An inoffensive way of being white and conservative’ . . . pipers celebrate Tartan Day in New York City. To the Ends of the Earth by TM Devine ? review 2011-08-04T08:59:01Z The back sides of each of these pieces is covered in these quite lovely and very inoffensive decorative patterns. How did that idea come about? Hugo Crosthwaite on Tijuana, Mexico's missing, the power of comic books 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The posts are so inoffensive that celebrities themselves respond to them. The Celebrity Gossip You Won’t Find in the Tabloids 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Why do people hate a guy who seems personally and politically inoffensive? Macklemore’s new Very Special song: Do we really need a Bono for hip hop? 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Comedian Jim Gaffigan – who is well-known for his inoffensive jokes that avoid controversial topics – delivered a surprising political rant on Twitter during Trump's finale speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday night. Jim Gaffigan slams Trump on Twitter during RNC speech: "He is a fascist who has no belief in law" 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z He tried the Camp and found it pleasant but inoffensive and maybe boring. California Cabernet Beyond the Stereotypes 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Food, on the other hand, provides an instant topic of conversation that anyone can join, inoffensive without being boring. The Allure of Imagined Meals 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The room itself was a beige rectangle furnished with the type of inoffensive contemporary furniture one might find in a West Elm catalog. Six New (and Affordable) Boutique Hotels in New York 2010-06-18T21:58:00Z They were ambitious, unapologetically commercial projects intended for the entertainment and edification of grown-up audiences, neither self-consciously provocative nor timidly inoffensive. Film: That Unmistakable Streepness 2010-02-20T04:19:00Z It's so hushed and inoffensive, the idea it could have incited a scrap seems impossible. Jake Bugg: 'Mumford and Sons look like posh farmers with banjos' 2013-02-07T20:00:02Z Traditional presidential politics is like television in Ed Sullivan’s day, when the big three networks developed the idea of “least objectionable programming” — broad, inoffensive, something-for-everyone shows intended to keep anyone from changing the channel. What ‘The Apprentice’ Taught Donald Trump About Campaigning 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Earlier in his career, his material was slightly cheeky but not controversial, with inoffensive jokes about dating and living with his parents. Daniel Sloss Brings Young, Scottish and Blustery to New York 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Everything there, it seemed, was designed to be inoffensive to the eye. Slowing Down, Finding Hidden Paradise on St. John 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z On a recent Wednesday, inoffensive and indistinguishable rock played at low decibels, mixing with baritone bar chatter. Bo?te: The Fulton, a Gastropub in the Financial District - Boite 2011-11-09T18:25:15Z Its bouquet is carefully gathered, wide-ranging, inoffensive, in a field that could actually use some stink bombs. ‘Woman’ Is an Ambitious Attempt to Capture Four Centuries of Being Female 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z However the argument plays out — my money’s on sobriety — what’s most noticeable about it at this point is how mild and inoffensive a show about the downside of debauchery can be. Review: In ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll,’ Denis Leary Is an Aging Rocker 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The wines are not bad; in their most popular manifestation, they are rather fruity and inoffensive. Argentine Malbecs, With an Eye Toward Terroir 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z As with “The Today Show,” BBC One serves the nation as a source of inoffensive background noise for breakfasts and waiting room televisions. Ryan Seacrest, you’ve been replaced 2012-08-01T15:55:00Z At first, I confused them with King Harvest, a band whose lone hit was the bland, inoffensive “Dancing in the Moonlight.’ Surviving a Weekend with the Wizard of Prog Rock 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Perfectly inoffensive, they neither added to nor detracted from the action. Young people, grown-up voices: ‘Butterfly’ at Wolf Trap 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Other middle-of-the-road sentiments: “inoffensive,” “more chocolate than hazelnut; not too sweet but not delicious.” Chocolate hazelnut spread taste test: You’re welcome. The record was rereleased with an inoffensive picture of the band sitting on a steamer trunk. Beatles photographer Robert Whitaker dies at 71 2011-10-02T15:43:29Z However, it’s a very coy and bland piece of inoffensive heritage cinema. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The inoffensive trees, identical to those placed next to Santa at every suburban mall from East to West coast, are a phoned-in effort in a year the country needs extreme comfort. There's no comfort & joy in Melania Trump's bleak and impersonal Christmas decor 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z It's entirely inoffensive and impeccably polite, to the point of collapsing in on its own platitudes. Theme Park: Theme Park – review 2013-02-21T21:15:01Z As noted by Rowan Jacobsen in his book "Apples of Uncommon Character," the fruit itself "kept well and had an inoffensive, pleasantly aromatic taste." The Red Delicious isn’t actually delicious anymore. So, why do we keep producing them in bulk? 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z The nation’s first families are knit together in a small co-ed fraternity filled with fun, inoffensive facts and a reverence for the White House. ‘No one talks about that. No, no no!’ At a reunion of presidential descendants, don’t ask about Trump. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Said with a neutral tone of voice, "It's complicated" is an inoffensive but very clear signal that you're not going to explain. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: After a suicide in the family, how to respond to people’s questions 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Such is the case with reliable ratings hits that are solid, reliably funny and inoffensive, perfect for network prime time in general but not commonly viewed as innovative. "The Big Bang Theory" of evolution: The show honored smart misfits and let them grow 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Teachout wastes no time in relieving you of the impression that in private Armstrong was the smiling, inoffensive fellow he projected onstage. Theater Review: ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf,’ at Long Wharf Theater in New Haven 2012-10-17T21:47:00Z Some things about the inoffensive, unilluminating, unmoving live staging are clearer without the busy AR imagery. At Bayreuth, the Work on Wagner’s Operas Is Never Done 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z While inoffensive may be a whole lot better than repugnant, it offers a lot of room for bottles that may be more distinctive and striking. When Simplicity Can Be a Winemaking Virtue 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Gruyére and cheddar are the two classic quiche cheeses – they are versatile and inoffensive, so they work well with most other ingredients. Unleash the quiche! 10 mouthwatering recipes to try – from seafood to blue cheese 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Wannabes The musical children’s television series “The Wannabes,” a synthetic but inoffensive piece of international entertainment product, won’t add much to the Starz channels’ reputation as sources of original content. Television Review: ?The Wannabes? on Starz Kids & Family - Review 2011-09-04T23:30:56Z At first glance, the movie looks like another inoffensive summer road-trip comedy. ‘Uncle Drew’: Branding Vehicle or Feature Film? Yes 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Their conversation is one of several meta-jokes scattered through “Coming 2 America,” a genial, mostly inoffensive, sometimes quite funny sequel to a beloved comedy from way back in the 1980s. ‘Coming 2 America’ Review: Comedic Royalty 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Heaven, How Long starts off with inoffensive ambient burbles and Doyle's pale and pleasingly characterless voice as the music shimmers into lustrous life. New band of the day – East India Youth (No 1,455) 2013-02-19T17:01:00Z The Oscars best picture category has a long and ignoble history of favouring the inoffensive over the revolutionary – Citizen Kane lost out to How Green Was My Valley. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Midnight Cowboy 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Why would the squeaky clean, rigorously inoffensive comic even care? Meet a Looser, More Personal Seinfeld 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z In Marchbank's play, the same thing happens the other way around: eventually the character becomes so appalling that the comedian goes off-script and rambles through a series of inoffensive elephant jokes. Corporal Flag and the curious business of comedy on stage 2011-07-25T16:01:01Z “We firmly believe that it’s better to be intensively loved by some than inoffensive to everyone,” Miller says. Can restaurants take a stand during inauguration without alienating Trump voters? 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Harambe’s fatal encounter, caught on tape, has raised the specter of animal cruelty over images of human-animal alliances that were previously widely consumed as inoffensive delights. 2 TV Shows, 4 Books and 7 Viral Videos for Your Long Weekend 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z It’s inoffensive and ineffectual: there is a lot of theatrical emoting to the music, and a lot of faux-sexy, deeply unerotic, “Dancing With the Stars” partnering. Dance Review: Works to Challenge an Audience, or Not 2011-01-27T22:41:02Z To the untutored eye, such observations may seem inoffensive enough, albeit on a grave subject. Stephen Breyer’s ‘The Court and the World’ 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps, I thought to myself afterwards, it's a kind of anti-Tourette's, where I can't bring myself to swear in public but can shout inoffensive phrases in social settings. Rude awakenings: Elizabeth Day 2011-04-02T23:07:50Z Photo: BBC/Wall To Wall Last month, BBC1 announced that inoffensive con caper Hustle will be returning for an eighth series. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis ? the television shows that won't die 2011-08-12T23:11:04Z After the war, as Britain rebuilt itself, this strategy was maintained with muzak: inoffensive background tunes, played to lighten the monotony of factory work. Cracker factory records: the surprising story of United Biscuits' radio station 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z There is no calculated thought process of watering it down to make it inoffensive. Kenny G on his new doc & not paying attention to critics: "Miles Davis liked what I was doing" 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z June 15th: Amid a spate of ineffectual American operas on inoffensive themes, David T. Little’s “Dog Days,” which had its première in 2012 and which I saw in a presentation by the L.A. Notable Performances and Recordings of 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Not because, in the words of Abe Simpson, it reminds me of the good old days when entertainment was bland and inoffensive, but for its own sake. Review: On Younger, Comedy Starts at 40 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z With its oversimplified emotions and dumbed-down depiction of the creative process, this inoffensive time-filler dissolves in the mouth like vanilla pudding. Review: Jamming Together, a Father and Daughter’s ‘Hearts Beat Loud’ 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z But the same problems can creep into labels that might seem inoffensive. ‘Nerd,’ ‘Nonsmoker,’ ‘Wrongdoer’: How Might A.I. Label You? 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z It's easy to overlook in the banality of the other rooms and trees with inoffensive subjects like Transportation and Wildlife. There's no comfort & joy in Melania Trump's bleak and impersonal Christmas decor 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The film, pleasing and inoffensive, often amuses as it wrestles with the nature of familiarity as well as the question of where beauty resides. Review: ‘The Beauty Inside’ Features 123 Actors for One Leading Man 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Back in Britain, meanwhile, the inoffensive, patently English and royally associated name of Windsor was adopted. Why can't we quit the royals? CNN's new series "The Windsors" show why they rule 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Lydia Johnson Dance offered excerpts of “Zero Hours,” which transported six dancers to a harmonious world in which deliberate formations and pretty poses created an inoffensive whole. Dance Review: Hip-Hop, Folk and Karate Through a Strainer on a Hot Afternoon 2011-08-14T23:27:10Z Now a lack of proper communication over an entirely forgivable, completely inoffensive and passive, even endearing act constitutes dramatic tension? The Lucky One: Zac Efron Grows Up 2012-04-19T15:46:30Z This is a far cry from the situation in the late 20th century, when Italian white wines were dismissed as inoffensive, innocuous or worse. From Campania’s Volcanic Soils, Whites in Multiple Colors 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z They are so inoffensive, I used one on the subway and another at the dining-room table as a friend snacked. Skin Deep : Products for Unsmelly Removal of Nail Polish - Trial Run 2011-10-26T21:55:24Z But that keeps things inoffensive and sweet, clearly the intent of this well-photographed, lively and lightly comic film. Movie Review: Joey Dedio Stars as ‘Tio Papi’ 2013-09-06T02:58:44Z Shiver is as if someone has scrubbed away at Marling until only the most insubstantial wisp remains, and it's so pathologically inoffensive that I am actually offended. Tomorrow's World; Lucy Rose; Tyler, The Creator: this week's new tracks 2013-04-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Bradley’s debut feature flutters along with inoffensive lyricism and a kindly eye, but it’s not enough to bring off a full-fledged portrayal that holds together. Review: ‘Below Dreams,’ the Human Struggle in the City Below Sea Level 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z This would be entirely inoffensive if Ben were meant to be remotely rakish. Television Review: Looking for Ms. Right, Online and in Sitcomland 2011-02-14T05:23:05Z Just a few weeks ago, New Jersey mother Lisa Ryder penned an open letter to the retailer — known best for its sturdy, inoffensive wares – regarding the gender disparity in its products. Land’s End learns girls like science too 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z “Welcome to Sweden,” which begins Thursday, is pleasant, inoffensive and quite charming. ‘Welcome to Sweden’ and ‘Working the Engels’ on NBC 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z He produced anodyne abstract canvases that could serve as inoffensive decorations for corporate boardrooms. Review | Looking back at a Bauhaus artist who tried to bridge the gap between science and art 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z But the fact that Tipsy isn't human allows the film carte blanche to be sacrilegious in the most harmless, inoffensive way. Bollywood musical 'PK' a radical film in extraterrestrial guise 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Millepied’s “Troika” scores highest in terms of nonchalant, inoffensive charm. Dance Review: A Big House, Big Names, New Twists 2011-05-25T22:42:28Z But he cunningly used his fairytales to tell his tormentors harsh truths in a seemingly inoffensive way. Carsten Jensen's top 10 seafaring tales 2010-04-14T11:04:00Z My question is: in your effort to be "inoffensive" are you inherently offensive? Kenny G on his new doc & not paying attention to critics: "Miles Davis liked what I was doing" 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z It’s that his handling of Trump revealed Fallon’s main objective: to be inoffensive, even in offensive times. Why Jimmy Fallon’s Stunts Won’t Work at the Golden Globes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The chorus is bare-bones, and the efforts by the current producers to make this version as racially inoffensive as possible seem misguided, given its history. Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z It is, after all, nothing more than an inoffensive ballad from an inoffensive guitar band who wear inoffensive shirts. Old music: The Connells – '74-'75 2012-06-20T10:08:41Z I’m picking on this one article in the Times, and its timid, inoffensive packaging, not because it is unique, but because it is far too typical right now. Hiding in plain sight: Trump goes public with his revenge plot 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Throw in a whole heck of a lot of puns and sand all the edges down so everything is gently charming, inoffensive and just silly enough but not too silly to be annoying. Review: In 'PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie,' a well-funded dog army saves the day 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Alas, the modern announcer has been trained to be inoffensive above all. Column: Charley Steiner, Rick Monday still on (radio) call after all these years 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Like newspaper owners, some cartoonists themselves fear there is less taste now for political satire, and more for inoffensive, funny drawings of the type popular in the New Yorker magazine. Editorial cartoonists’ firings point to steady decline of opinion pages in newspapers 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z It was music so pleasing and inoffensive, it offended some. For Norah Jones, “Little Broken Hearts” gives a lesson in making the most of a bad experience 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Need a safe, inoffensive, clean bop for the parents that got a little groove going regardless of the sport? Ultimate 2022-23 Southern California high school sports playlist 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z When Biden entered the White House in 2021, his aides tried to come up with a useful, perhaps inoffensive framework for their approach to China. Column: Blinken tried to build a floor under U.S.-China relations. He may have to keep doing it 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Designers and architects think the vast grayness is a result of the past decade’s dominating minimalist aesthetic, as well as developers viewing it as a safe and inoffensive option. Behind the gray flooring trend 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z They feel akin to Squarespace websites — inoffensive and nice enough for an Instagram feed. The spines on the wall do talk 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z While not at all resembling a sentence I would type, this seemed inoffensive. ChatFished: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People With A.I. 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z “It’s bright, busy, inoffensive and exactly the opposite of the weird, dark, edgy 1993 movie adaptation. That may be better for the business of Mario, but it’s not exactly terribly interesting either.” Critics' consensus on 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie'? It's a-mixed 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s bright, busy, inoffensive and exactly the opposite of the weird, dark, edgy 1993 movie adaptation. Review: 'Wahoo!' isn't quite right for mildly amusing, hectic 'Super Mario Bros. Movie' 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Goodman’s prose most closely resembles the language of ChatGPT: at once familiar and slightly awkward, as if Goodman himself weren’t quite conscious of the things he was writing, and always pointedly inoffensive. Review | What happens when you try to capture a love affair in an infographic? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The nursery must be Instagrammable with wooden toys in neutral colors or a whimsical play tent in an inoffensive gray shade. It Was My Favorite Toy to Give to New Parents, Until It Went Away 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z He repeatedly expresses unhappiness that Keanu Reeves, surely the most inoffensive person imaginable, is still alive. Review | In Matthew Perry’s memoir, a need for fame leads to 65 rehab stints 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z The borders separating the inoffensive from the actionable have been repeatedly redrawn. The Great American Novelty 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The Seahawks led 9-3 at the end of a surprisingly inoffensive first half, considering how the two teams have played this season. Seahawks defense stifles Cardinals in 19-9 win 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z In that regard, the Old Farmer’s Almanac has never striven to be especially provocative, nor was it meant to be the stubbornly inoffensive miscellany it is today. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Rather, it was a particularly egregious example of an emerging trend: the increasingly indiscriminate deployment of the term “white supremacy” as a criticism of various — often nonracial, even inoffensive — traits and actions. Opinion | Joe Biden working while covid-sick was not ‘white supremacy’ 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Worse, the puritan who controls the Production Code Administration is increasing his efforts to make pictures “gratuitously inoffensive,” lest the snow-white innocence of American viewers be stained. Review | Anthony Marra’s cinematic novel captures the intricate cruelties of war 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z If the 57-year-old senator were summed up in a word, it would be inoffensive; even political opponents say Bennet’s a nice guy. Column: How bad could November be for Democrats? Watch Colorado and see 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z But as marketing, it’s almost genius: adopting a righteous tone while remaining as broadly inoffensive as any megabrand desires. Dove’s Latest Stand in the Virtue Wars 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z They ultimately settled on Biden because he was the “least-worst” choice — an inoffensive, genial moderate who was the candidate least likely to drive away moderate swing voters wary of the Democrats’s leftward turn. Opinion | Mr. President, I read the polls. Democrats don’t want you to run again. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Meijer, who served in Army intelligence units, said the truth can be “watered down, so it’s as inoffensive as possible” when intelligence is shared with senior U.S. officials and presidential appointees. As Ukraine war bogs down, U.S. assessments face scrutiny 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Even if Breaking Bread itself is inoffensive, it is debuting at a time when Spotify is being particularly careful. Spotify secretly launched a show with this controversial duo — it’s already a hit 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z The attempts to build them according to a perfectly calibrated blend of aspiration and inoffensive taste mask their deeper ambitions to be whole factories for living, ones that eliminate impracticality and inefficiency. Can anything stop Rick Caruso from turning L.A. into the Cheesecake Factory? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z To Arellano, the use of “Cali” is a mere, inoffensive example of “the most basic of human tendencies in language, which is to shorten long words.” Love it or hate it, the nickname 'Cali' has a surprisingly long history 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z But if the Beaver was just an inoffensive beaver who was overlooked, the young athletes may want to register a polite protest. Perspective | Miss Manners: Graduation announcements seem to just be requests for money 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z While Skullcandy has been known to produce products with some loud and outrageous designs, the Mod earbuds are extremely inoffensive in terms of their look and style. Skullcandy’s new Mod earbuds offer cheap multipoint Bluetooth support 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z This purported decoy contained none of the information in question, and was made to “look like it may have accessed only inoffensive Tesla information, like an offer letter.” Tesla sues former engineer for allegedly stealing its supercomputer’s secrets 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Dangerous content could travel across the Internet incognito; likers and retweeters of the original, inoffensive version could be accused of approving of the incendiary revision. Opinion | The argument over Twitter’s edit button is all about vibes 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Still, it was reaching for middle-of-the-pack status here, with one taster finding it “inoffensive.” Review | What’s the best ranch dressing you can buy? We tried 11 popular brands to find out. 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Consider now the treatment that the very same agencies offered distinctly inoffensive Muslim Americans. Islamophobia and the Capitol insurrection 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The case, to be argued Jan. 19, offers a particularly vivid illustration of the conservative mania to undo even the most inoffensive campaign finance restrictions. Opinion | Mitch McConnell’s un-conservative plea to the Supreme Court 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z GAC Family’s movies may be inoffensive, but its implicit definition of a “real” America is more dangerous than the change it seeks to combat. It's time to catch up on 'Yellowjackets,' your next TV obsession 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z But with these inoffensive features like audio effects and a tightly parental-controlled design, Messenger Kids has broadly escaped similar levels of criticism. Meta’s kid-focused Messenger app is getting a dark mode and new voice effects 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z They ultimately settled on him because he was the “least bad” choice — an inoffensive, genial moderate who was least likely to drive away swing voters tired of Trump but wary of the Democrats’ leftward turn. With Biden’s and Harris’ popularity plummeting, what about Manchin-Sinema in 2024? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z To present an alternative palatable to the largest pool of voters, Democrats settled on their most inoffensive candidate. Opinion | Thanks to Biden, Trump remains in the game 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z It suggests that all points of view are equal; it reassures us, for it gives an inoffensive appearance to ideas by reducing them to the level of tastes. Social media vs. the world 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Honor’s Magic UI software, which runs atop of Android 11 on the Honor 50, is broadly inoffensive. Honor 50 review: lose a Huawei, gain a Google 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z This week, Sneed said the chop is inoffensive and that focusing on it distracts from the long-standing and complex issues facing Native Americans: extreme poverty, unemployment, educational gaps and substance abuse. The ‘tomahawk chop’ lives on in Atlanta. Now it has the World Series spotlight. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z They often get lost in the translation of Arabic’s 30-odd dialects, flagging inoffensive Arabic posts as terrorist content 77% of the time, one document said. Facebook’s language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Truth Social’s listing on the App Store includes mostly inoffensive examples of posts that users might share, such as, “What’s your favorite place to go in the world? You won’t believe how beautiful Jamaica is.” Pranksters have already defaced Trump’s new social network 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z She is explaining her thought process — “What’s the most inoffensive way to commit suicide, where my kids will still be able to get married?” — when her daughter, Miriam, 21, enters the room. She kept her ultra-Orthodox past secret. Now she's using Netflix to tell her story 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z “Trying to thread a mushy middle and create something that’s inoffensive to everyone is a recipe for disaster. That’s how you really get it wrong.” Patagonia shows corporate activism is simpler than it looks 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Some parents said they thought such ideas odd but inoffensive — unlike what began to happen with the school’s response to the coronavirus. How a Miami School Became a Beacon for Anti-Vaxxers 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z But “Senior Moment” is a sweet, inoffensive bit of escapism in the desert. New movies to stream this week: ‘Senior Moment,’ ‘The Vault’ and more 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Syracuse’s innocuous profile seemed both boring and inoffensive, a true flip of the coin. Analysis | Snubs and surprises as the NCAA tournament field of 68 is set 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z “Advances in technology and the growing complexity of our external environment are increasingly leading to situations where seemingly inoffensive projects raise ethical, reputational, regulatory or legal issues,” the policy read. Google reportedly asked employees to ‘strike a positive tone’ in research paper 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “Advances in technology and the growing complexity of our external environment are increasingly leading to situations where seemingly inoffensive projects raise ethical, reputational, regulatory or legal issues,” one of the pages for research staff stated. Google told its scientists to 'strike a positive tone' in AI research - documents 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z In the absence of Muzak, we just Muzak ourselves In its heyday — the better part of the 20th century — Muzak was the soundtrack of the mall: familiar, pleasing, and most importantly, inoffensive. This was a good year to listen to ambient music, whatever that is 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z “Rebecca” is nice to look at, inoffensive, competently executed and utterly unnecessary when once, it was so much more. Review | Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ is a pale specter of Hitchcock’s original film 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s mostly a fine, inoffensive design that will fit in most rooms with ease, and Google is selling it in five different colors to best match your personal décor. Google Nest Audio review: the sweet spot 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The final product retains that inoffensive appearance, which should help attract as many customers as possible. Volkswagen introduces ID 4 electric SUV with 250 miles of range and a $40,000 price tag 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z In 2015, a new trophy — depicting a spooky but inoffensive tree — was introduced. H.P. Lovecraft was a racist. How 'Lovecraft Country' confronts his legacy 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z Across platforms, a recommendation engine is reactive and reinforcing a suggestion that is, again, familiar, pleasing, and inoffensive. This was a good year to listen to ambient music, whatever that is 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Image: Samsung Samsung is highlighting that, for all its toughness against the elements, the Terrace is still rather sleek, with inoffensive bezels and a depth of 59 inches. Samsung announces an outdoor 4K TV called the Terrace 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z They concluded that the only candidate who could beat Trump had to be a dude, ideally of the most white-bread, inoffensive variety. So much for the "safe" choice: Hey, Democrats — you could have picked a woman 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Leaving the flagsticks in to avoid multiple hands touching the same surface would seem to be a rather simple, inoffensive one. Adam Hadwin says he 'might rethink playing' in players can't remove flagsticks: 'It changes everything' - Golf Digest 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z SO many golf broadcasters try to be as inoffensive as possible. Which tour player would make a great modern-day announcer? - Golf Digest 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z But now some media outlets are reportedly frustrated content they deem "inoffensive," such as uplifting human interest stories, are also being prevented from running these adverts. YouTube bans 'medically unsubstantiated' content 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The inconspicuousness of his geography teacher shoes are matched only by his inoffensive navy round-neck jumpers. So merch for all that: how Bernie Sanders became politics’ least likely style icon 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Most of the accounts run by teenagers are operating with the goal of derailing middle and high school classes with disruptive but largely inoffensive jokes. ‘Zoombombing’ Becomes a Dangerous Organized Effort 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the film is a waste of her talents: a slight, yet inoffensive tale, inspiring little more than a shrug, thereby making it hard to either wholeheartedly endorse or strongly criticize. Review | Annette Bening and Bill Nighy star in a meh version of ‘Marriage Story’ 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The actual Super Bowl ad was relatively inoffensive, with a baby Mr. Peanut appearing at the funeral. The best and worst of Super Bowl ads 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z The actual Super Bowl ad was relatively inoffensive, with a baby Mr. Peanut appearing at the funeral, but the pregame stunt is likely what people will remember. Planters attempts to fix ‘death’ of Mr. Peanut with Super Bowl ad 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z But most other advertisers will offer escape from impeachment and the upcoming presidential election by stuffing multiple celebrities in their ads, appropriating iconic songs, going for inoffensive humor, and trying to tug at people’s heartstrings. 10 ads to watch for on Super Bowl Sunday 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z You are simply mouthing the platitudes that are inoffensive to contemporary ears while avoiding speaking inconvenient truths. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of economic justice: A lot like Bernie Sanders 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Nothing seems more important in bacteriology than a knowledge of infectious bacteria, and nothing more secondary than the inoffensive microbes that grow abundantly in decomposing organic material. The Most Important Scientific Problems Have Yet to Be Solved 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z They had particular scorn for the “yellow goons” promoting perspectives that were “actively inoffensive” to the white mainstream. The Asian-American Canon Breakers 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z All they needed was an inoffensive candidate who could ride anti-Obama sentiment into the Oval Office. Opinion | Joe Biden is the Democrats’ Mitt Romney 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z “Unless he went really hardcore in a particular direction, he has such a cuddly, inoffensive persona it’s hard to image him getting too much backlash.” 'We're horrified': James Corden tackles US gun control on late-night talkshow 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z As the audience leapt to its feet in a standing ovation, the congressman emerged from backstage in standard Washington uniform — navy blazer, white shirt, light blue tie — his manner as inoffensive as his attire. Adam Schiff, a Trump Punching Bag, Takes His Case to a Bigger Ring 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z That core is bland and inoffensive The biggest change in terms of gameplay is that the entire experience is controlled via touch. Mario Kart Tour is too cynical to be fun 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Why would anyone want to repeal something called “net neutrality”? Neutral is inoffensive, right? Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Late Show host David Letterman’s infamous opening monologue for the 1995 Academy Awards doesn’t initially seem deserving of infamy – the first few minutes of jokes are entirely forgettable and inoffensive. And the loser is ... when award show hosts tank on stage 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z “In the Japanese study, when researchers did not tell participants what the odor was, they rated it as ‘inoffensive,’” Dr. Lundstrom says. Do Older People Have a Different Smell? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z It has a “good amount of big pieces of cookie as fun hidden surprises” and is “a little dense, but largely inoffensive.” Perspective | Who makes the best cookies-and-cream ice cream in the U.S.? We scooped up 15 top brands to find out. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The President was so disciplined on the occasion of the republic’s two hundred and forty-third birthday that Vox called his speech “inoffensive.” Donald Trump’s “Inoffensive” War on Reality 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z "Its need for a target is problematic in making gentler, inoffensive, satire." Why Australian comedy is having a moment 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z A school’s mascot should be a source of pride but it should be inoffensive, so that all people feel welcome and comfortable in the halls of the school and at sporting events. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z While it’s inoffensive and has some nice moments, the movie spreads itself a bit thin, and it doesn’t spend as much time on the writing of the famous books as fans might hope. What to watch with your kids: ‘Pokémon: Detective Pikachu,’ ‘No Good Nick’ and more 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z For anyone over 5, it’s best as mild, inoffensive background noise, but no more thrilling or satisfying than that. Review: Bland ‘UglyDolls’ is nothing more than a merchandising opportunity 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z These days, that is what passes for “inoffensive,” “tame,” and “standard.” Donald Trump’s “Inoffensive” War on Reality 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z They usually start with some inoffensive and open-ended bromide, “how are you feeling?” or “you must be disappointed?” The life of a loser: what fuels our fascination with the defeated? | Andy Bull 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The hosts enjoyed most of the possession in the first half but were only able to pepper Caen’s area with inoffensive crosses as Radamel Falcao was too often left on his own in the box. Crivelli heads home winner as Caen upsets Monaco 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z "It wasn't a very well known one, it was an inoffensive thing," says Mr Harding. The naked women adorning Britain's churches 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z NORFOLK, Va. — The inoffensive images show photographs of aspiring doctors in white lab coats tending to patients, or lounging on the beach in swimsuits, or posing with family members in their Sunday best. Yearbook Pages at Northam’s Medical School Recorded Both Memories and Prejudices 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z It is neutral, inoffensive, sleek without promising too much. Maroon 5 Barely Leaves a Mark at Super Bowl Halftime Show 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z I think Common will opt for something typical, inoffensive and unmemorable, but instead, it says, “Is that why you left the island?” A more human AI helps an island nation battle hurricanes 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It’s a sign of how vital the rest of the book feels that a phrase like “caustic speech,” which would be inoffensive enough in many novels, seems here irradiated with fakery. A Début Novel Captures a City on the Boil 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Using the third-party software, it was possible to look for groups containing inoffensive material. Ads helped fund child porn discovery apps 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z But making sure she keeps it clean and inoffensive has been a challenge. Alexa's advice to 'kill your foster parents' fuels concern over Amazon Echo 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Now, longtime users are criticizing the company’s auto-detecting algorithms, which appear to be incorrectly flagging some inoffensive images as explicit. Tumblr is already flagging innocent posts as porn 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Wolf was not the first comic to cause a ruckus; Stephen Colbert’s 2006 appearance so discomfited the tuxedoed audience that Rich Little, an inoffensive impressionist, was invited the following year. No More Laughs as White House Correspondents’ Dinner Turns to a Historian 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z It is the strenuously inoffensive nature of this kind of background music that riles up some of the industry’s fiercest critics. Inside the booming business of background music 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Kelly wryly suggested that she and her husband, Douglas Brunt, dress up in inoffensive costumes: letters of the alphabet. Megyn Kelly’s Crash at NBC in One Word (Hers): ‘Wow’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The notion cooked up by one of the site’s anonymous users was that a postering campaign featuring the ostensibly inoffensive slogan would “trigger” leftists and journalists, who would immediately understand its racist intent. ‘It’s OK to be white’ is not a joke, it’s careless politicians helping the far right | Jason Wilson 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Last year Berlin relaxed restrictions on tattoos so long as they were inconspicuous and inoffensive. Berlin nixes police height rules to broaden recruit pool 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z A church webpage about the term Mormon that was up before Nelson’s August announcement describes the term as an “unofficial but inoffensive nickname for members.” Mormon no more: Tabernacle Choir renamed in big church shift 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z He was known as Al the Pal for his inoffensive, middle-of-the-road views and passion for making deals. Perspective | I helped write a speech defending a vote for Clarence Thomas. I regret it still. 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Instead, those who champion entomophagy are trying to smuggle bugs past our defenses, often ground into a blandly inoffensive, uniform powder. Why Aren’t We Eating More Insects? 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z "Miss America represents what women are supposed to be: inoffensive, bland, apolitical," it reads. The truth behind the 'bra-burning' feminists 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z This close to the election, the governor may be inclined to err on the side of caution and pick the most inoffensive appointee. Arizona Governor Faces a Tough Choice: A Senator Cut From McCain’s Mold or Trump’s 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Here, and at other transit agencies around the country, it seems that the common ground on the issues and commercial interests widely considered to be nonpolarizing and inoffensive is rapidly shrinking. In an era when everything is political, is any Metro ad noncontroversial? 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z The German version of the game replaced every swastika with the game's logo or other inoffensive symbols. Germany lifts ban on video game swastikas 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z There’s no need for the president to say anything, though if he feels compelled to weigh in, he could express inoffensive support for the first responders and affected communities. Trump's rhetoric on California wildfire reflects ignorance, lack of empathy 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Because the players with the second- and third-most touches in that game were Argentina’s two centre-backs, a sign that the passes were routine, inoffensive, without purpose. I love football because it’s the opposite of science: contradictory, primitive, emotional 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The bar food is inoffensive for all tastes, and in any event, is forgotten as soon as you eat it. Olive Way has two new happy hours within a block in downtown Seattle 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Though she went to lengths to remain equanimous — describing Cannes as a nonpolitical festival and giving inoffensive answers on the subject of #MeToo and women in the film industry — she was also, at moments, fierce. Cannes jury speaks out on the first festival of the #MeToo era 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Outside, there’s some expensive signage offering an inoffensive logo, probably in blue, probably with a square on it. Why we should bulldoze the business school 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z As Marge tries and fails to make the 50-year-old book’s story inoffensive to modern sensibilities, Lisa complains that the story has become pointless. Simpsons’ Apu controversy reignites culture war 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z “Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do?” The Simpsons agrees Apu is a racist stereotype, but won’t fix him 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Even as politicians shed their ties and CEOs don fleece vests, these anchors remain almost absurdly allegiant to their inoffensive suit-and-tie uniform. Is the Suit Dying? Not on Late-Night TV 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Most would consider Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team name, the Indians, as inoffensive and neutral. Opinion | The right solution for Washington football: Change the name, keep the logo 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Not to mention it’s soothing in a mindless sort of way: Instagram, like The Bachelor, is a visual platform that rewards the beautiful, the simple, and the inoffensive. The Sneaky Allure of the ‘Bachelor’ Instagram Influencer 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The Home Max’s design is inoffensive to the point of boring The speaker is available in two colors, “Chalk” or “Charcoal”, which translate to white or black in non-marketing speak. Google Home Max review: smart gets loud 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Lightweight and inoffensive posts like these have made Bored Panda one of the biggest attractions on Facebook. How 41 People in Lithuania Took Over Your Facebook Feed 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Viewed one way, the album is a cozy, inoffensive depiction of an American marriage, with tender ballads and handsome up-tempo numbers preaching the gospel of devotion. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on their quietly subversive new album 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Tan felt it lacked complexity, while Paige termed it “inoffensive.” The apple taste test 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z In the immediate aftermath of the suspected terrorist incident in New York yesterday afternoon, Donald Trump tweeted a series of clumsy but inoffensive messages. Following New York attack, Trump flunks another leadership test 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z It's an inoffensive design, but for something this substantial I wish it had a little more character. Google Home Max review: smart gets loud 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z First up is the Airlie Amber, which I find inoffensive if not particularly miraculous. Wilmington, North Carolina, brewery offers unique pina colada flavor 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z She was, to most of the Bluth family, offensively inoffensive, remarkably forgettable. 5 Things to Cook While Watching ‘Arrested Development’ Reruns 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s inoffensive, much cleaner than emissions from a retort. A respectful, eco-friendly way to say goodbye 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z “They produced music that was intended to be inoffensive, and neither demanding nor intrusive,” observed Rob Bamberger, host of WAMU’s “Hot Jazz Saturday Night.” Larry Elgart, big-band leader with unlikely 1980s smash, ‘Hooked on Swing,’ dies at 95 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z But the filmmakers chose to sand off all the edges, and leave something palatable and inoffensive. The Dark Tower books move fluidly between genres, and the film is afraid of all of them 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Glancing references to the government aside, this is fairly inoffensive stuff. Teddy Afro, Ethiopia's biggest pop star: 'Because of our government, our country is divided' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Both were confronted, as all congressional candidates will be in 2018 and ever after, with this fact: No health-care policy is comprehensive, comprehensible and inoffensive to all interest groups. Opinion | Why ‘repeal and replace’ will become ‘tweak and move on’ 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z It was as inoffensive as Top Gear gets. Top Gear America’s first trailer looks exactly like every other Top Gear 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z She described them as "very, very quiet inoffensive people". Slough murder arrest siblings 'lived in secluded woods' - BBC News 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Of the 17 Barcelona took, most were inoffensive, and only one was on target. No repeat miracle for eliminated Barcelona as Juventus stand firm 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z “With his sandy mustache and goatee, and his long hair combed behind his ears,” the New York Times observed, Surratt “looks far more like an inoffensive student than like the chief of an assassination plot.” ‘Assassins!’: A Confederate spy was accused of helping kill Abraham Lincoln. Then he vanished. 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The language of the decision is in jarring contrast to the tone he adopted throughout the confirmation hearing process: affable, inoffensive, and almost entirely devoid of content. Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing revealed his hidden similarity to Trump 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z “Brute passions,” Martin reported, were “surrendering to moral restraint,” and an “inoffensive and charming rivalry exists to outdo the other in neighborly acts.” In the Land of Giants 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z According to the Associated Press, an anonymous government official attributed the reversal to an appeal committee viewing the film and determining the scene in question was inoffensive. 'Beauty and the Beast' to premiere in Malaysia with 'gay moment' intact 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z When the news breaks, these lights will start flashing, to alert DJs to switch to the news in the next few minutes and to play inoffensive music in the meantime. Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The Billy innovations are about working within the limits of production and logistics, finding tiny ways to shave more off the cost, all while producing something that looks inoffensive and does the job. How Ikea's Billy bookcase took over the world - BBC News 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z “Rock Dog” is a perfectly fine and inoffensive afternoon at the movie theater, with a few great tunes, classics and original. High concept, uninspired execution plagues 'Rock Dog' 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z At best, inoffensive enough for all tastes, neither garlicky nor fishy, and, in any event, is forgotten as soon as you eat it. Daniel’s death on Lake Union greatly exaggerated 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z He felt the label’s projects were designed to fit Christian Contemporary Music, a genre that mimics the style of Top 40 pop music but features inoffensive, Jesus-centric lyrics. Southern Baptist retailer removes black hip-hop artist’s album that includes the word ‘penis’ 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z But, at least for a day, Sessions took pains to present himself as inoffensive. Jeff Sessions shed his offensive past in his confirmation hearing. Was it an act? 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Warning: this article contains sexual references, sexual innuendo and unlikely sexual interpretations of ostensibly inoffensive material. What were the sexiest video game moments of 2016? 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z This seemingly inoffensive portrait of a smiling young royal in a sensible hat was to become the focus of controversy. 2016: the year that Vogue went rogue 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Also, there’s an entire exhibit devoted to “what is a hillbilly?” that discusses the term’s history from its inoffensive origins to its current status as a pejorative. TRAVEL: Roots music and country birthplace in Southwest Virginia offers musical education 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z It is the sort of inoffensive comedy that fails to evoke any strong reaction — including laughter. Spy comedy ‘Keeping Up with the Joneses’ plays it safe, delivering few laughs 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z However, one store told ITV News that it was not responsible for withdrawing a “technically inoffensive item in response to a fad.” Florida Chain Pulls Clown Costumes From Shelves Ahead of Halloween 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Mostly, though, the former Beatle was providing the kind of inoffensive good vibes that have made him perhaps rock’s cuddliest superstar over the last half-century. Classic rock veterans — and a clearly defined concept — help distinguish inaugural Desert Trip festival 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z They want a nice sit-down with something banal and inoffensive, like Dancing with the Stars or the Big Bang Theory or something to do with singing. Pence v Kaine: why you should watch the vice-presidential debate 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Go through enough of these conversations, and you’ll slip into an inoffensive corporate patois, like the self-deprecating "haha" that renders requests less threatening and deflects questions about who exactly is making them. Mr. Robot’s mobile game is about the power and danger of texting 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z An inoffensive high street restaurant offering double bacon cheese hamburgers, bean patties and cobb salad is not somewhere you’d expect to be targeted by a mass of vitriolic Brits. Why Protestors Are Targeting a Burger Chain with Cockroaches 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z I want bass, and plenty of it, so that my hard-driving playlists can drown out the treadmill motors and ambient grunts that ride atop a soundtrack of inoffensive bubble-gum pop played over my gym’s loudspeakers. Apple could, and probably should bundle wireless earbuds with the next iPhone 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z “The new, inoffensive house seems in step with Gehry's wish to leave his flashy, iconic home behind.” Essential California: 12 Hours in the Life of the LAPD in Watts 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z For Ms. Streep, as beloved and inoffensive an actor as there is in Hollywood, the convention was a political coming-out of sorts, in which she publicly endorsed a candidate during a partisan celebration. Meryl Streep’s New Role: Extolling Hillary Clinton’s ‘Grit’ and ‘Grace’ 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z “Yes, garlic bread. The tasty side dish that was, until now, completely and utterly inoffensive.” Garlic-bread ‘genders’ meme on Facebook sparks ‘transphobia’ complaints 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z The assemblage is pitch perfect from a Democratic demographic perspective, with Latin pop nudged up against the inoffensive feminism of Perry’s “Roar.” What the Candidates' Rally Music Says About Them 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Two Native American leaders of the name change movement released a joint statement arguing that the results prove the Native American community’s resilience, not that the term is inoffensive. 9 in 10 Native Americans Not Bothered by 'Redskins' NFL Team, Poll Finds 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Treble response is inoffensive — which is important to avoid fatiguing the listener — but is still there when you turn the volume up on tracks with high sections. Onkyo's headphones teach the folly of brand loyalty 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Watery, soda-pop fizzy and ruthlessly inoffensive, if not slightly alkaline, in its flavor, the beer tastes the same wherever it’s made and however far it’s shipped. Why Budweiser is the last beer that should call itself ‘America’ 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z These jokes might seem inoffensive, but they are harmful nonetheless. ‘Jew.’ Why does the word for a person of my religion sound like a slur? 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z This is a big job, because being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture. Notable & Quotable: Martin Amis on Hillary Clinton 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z With a haste suggesting he thinks Americans aren’t all that bright, Trump has been rebranding himself as an inoffensive candidate for the general election. The Ten Plagues of Trump 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Siddique, whom students described as an inoffensive man who loved music and art, wasn’t involved in activism. Bangladeshi Professor Hacked to Death 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z But I couldn’t help thinking: Could Ninja Squirrel really be as blandly inoffensive as it sounds? We took 10 bottles of hot sauce to Pok Pok. Thank you, Hillary Clinton 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z So, the president went out of his way to offer Republicans a compromise, nominating a moderate, inoffensive, broadly respected, 63-year-old white guy. Senate Republicans vow to keep Supreme Court blockade intact 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z His ridiculous “birther” crusade was inoffensive to you, but his more recent rhetoric is upsetting? A few follow-up questions for Mitt Romney 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z In 2013, the hunt for Osama bin Laden thriller “Zero Dark Thirty” appeared to collapse under the weight of debate over its portrayal of torture, and the more inoffensive “Argo” won best picture instead. Oscars 2016: Can 'The Big Short' benefit from the presidential campaign? 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Where Bush was cautious and inoffensive, Trump's bold proposals and loose, politically-incorrect, stream-of-consciousness stump speeches grabbed headlines and made for a sharp contrast. From Front-Runner to Also-Ran: Jeb Bush Drops Out 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Naturally, the next on the trek was the Legend IPA, which my palate found inoffensive despite my aversion to hoppier brews. New Jersey brewery Conclave Brewing brings craft beer to Hunterdon County 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The current version, much evolved from its nearly unpalatable first version, also is inoffensive and neutral-tasting. The End of Food Is Here, Finally 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z State Sen. Gail H. Bates, Howard County Republican, said only the third verse, the inoffensive one, is sung anyway. ‘Maryland, My Maryland’ state song latest target in nationwide Confederate cleansing 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Our founding document contains many clauses that may be archaic and irrelevant but are nonetheless inoffensive. Abolish the ‘natural born’ citizen test 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z No matter the circumstances, no matter the direction of the political will, no matter how mild and inoffensive the proposed remedies, congressional Republicans are simply an immovable object. On guns, congressional GOP remains an immovable object 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z By day, Six Flags offers a festive autumn look and assorted inoffensive Halloween stock characters. Pick a fright: 6 of the D.C. area’s spookiest Halloween-themed attractions 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Still, the light-rocking tunes emerged from a time of sharp studio work and professional musicianship, and the inoffensive sounds can mask subtle complexity. Can You Sail to It? Then It Must Be ‘Yacht Rock’ 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Partially because he was next in line, and partially because he was inoffensive enough to bridge the gap between extremist Tea Partiers and everyone else. The GOP Congress is a raging dumpster fire with no end in sight 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z And these kinds of observations are a necessary countermeasure to the often inoffensive appearance of the arms trade. Shopping for drones and missiles with the world’s armies 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z If you enjoy Sandler’s brand of obvious humor and don’t mind noticeable Sony product placements, this inoffensive sequel is, like its predecessor, just enough for a Halloween treat. ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ review: Sequel is just enough of a Halloween treat 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z There are, in case you’re curious, 247 GOP lawmakers in the chamber, each of whom was invited to add their name to his inoffensive resolution. Climate concerns extremely limited within House GOP 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Nor did Paul mention Trump in his inoffensive opening statement. Trump Ergo Trump 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z With her striking looks and defiant attitude she perfectly complemented her boyfriend, played by Dirk Bogarde, the tearaway who shoots dead an inoffensive police officer named George Dixon. Been and Gone: The director of I, Claudius and the gangster's moll - BBC News 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Too many companies try to be blandly inoffensive in a failed attempt to be “mainstream” and appeal to “everyone.” 5 Marketing Lessons From Donald Trump's Presidential Campaign 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z After such potentially heated exchanges, Taylor Swift’s neutral, inoffensive musicality would be the palette cleanser. Fantasy-casting a week of 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' guests 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Some of them are fine, or at least inoffensive. Marvel's hip-hop tribute embraces black metaphors but excludes black people 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z “It means they will hand-select some gay group that is inoffensive to them, toes the line of whatever they think Christian morality is and doesn’t challenge anybody’s perceptions.” Gay Groups Marching in New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Double to Two 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Here in the UK, we were subjected to The Black And White Minstrel Show on national television until 1978, with its surreal combination of inoffensive light entertainment and absurdly offensive blacked-up performers. From Ali G to Rachel Dolezal: the colourful history of blacking up 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z The dadjoke may be inoffensive and patronizing, but beneath the surface it reads as the manifestation of an underlying fear carried by an entire generation. Why we turned Dad into a meme 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z “Maybe the designer wanted them to appear as timid and inoffensive as possible,” I mused. Let's have a talk : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Not only that, the names of the sponsors’ C.E.O.s were not attached to their statements on Tuesday, as if the corporations were separate entities able to make safe, inoffensive remarks. Sponsors React Meekly to Sepp Blatter’s Resignation 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The latter was an inoffensive and workmanlike family film, but largely lacked the sparkle and joyfulness that was so infectious in Crowe’s earlier films. Should we give up on director Cameron Crowe? 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z In addition to its stunning display, great audio, and inoffensive design, the Idol 3 is running a nearly stock version of Android 5.0 Lollipop. Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3 review 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z There is an innocence to Chinese wheelchair curiosity, totally inoffensive but utterly exhausting. Viewpoint: Across China by wheelchair - BBC News 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Ignore for a second the fact that Dunk is dressed like a cross between an inoffensive cartoon toddler and a dad who hates when sand touches his feet, and focus on his face. Meet the NSA's disturbing Earth Day mascot, Dunk 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z The M8 was a great smartphone — it was beautiful and fast and featured inoffensive software, great sound, and a sharp screen. HTC's One M9 is more of a repeat than a sequel 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z It’s an inoffensive watch with a metal band, a 46 mm diameter case and a mix of analog and digital features. Detroit Watch Company 1701 Classic: Starting A Collection 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Had almost any comedian — Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jon Stewart — delivered the same line, the effect would have been much different and doubtless found inoffensive if not charming. Is Twitter really America’s conscience? 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z All the while, inoffensive jams waft from your speakers. Chevy's new Volt ad makes the future look boring 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Just in case you forget you're in Vegas, the Foxtail lets you see part of the city's subtle, inoffensive skyline. Samsung's CES TV event got pretty weird 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z You can’t even be offensive on your way to being inoffensive.” 'Offensive' Is the New 'Obscene' 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z She was invited to play sidekick to Iggy Azalea later in the evening, but Ora’s one-song performance of “I Will Never Let You Down” was as inoffensive as it was difficult to remember. Here’s why the Jingle Ball should be more like ‘The Hunger Games’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Censorship in all forms is abhorrent, and the First Amendment is meant to protect outrageous, rather than inoffensive, speech. Sony Pictures’ killer headache after being hacked 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z As a whole, the menus are mostly inoffensive, occasionally ugly, but always pretty uninspired. Ford's Sync 3 drops Microsoft, but can it fix the connected car? 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z At one point in the afternoon, I met with Michael McDonald, who has the pleasant manner of a promising young college professor: glasses, beard, inoffensive paunch. Did a Son's Autism Drive a Woman to Murder? It may sound nice, and it may be generally inoffensive to people of most political stripes, but whether it works is another matter. Does job training actually work? 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But those usages, despite their commonness, weren’t necessarily inoffensive. When Did 'Shylock' Become a Slur? 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z These seemingly inoffensive creatures are the bane of metal with a ferrous content, for as their name implies they have the effect of rust upon such substances, and this happens nearly instantaneously. The Rust Monster: A History And Preview From The Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z These are usually pretty inoffensive, or at least recoverable within the game. 'State of Decay: Lifeline' Review - Night of the Glitching Dead 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Joel Barkin, the vice president of communications at Oneida Nation, suggests that the statistic of Native Americans who found the name to be inoffensive is deceptive, given that the survey was conducted 10 years ago. NFL's Redskins Launch Site in Attempt to Quell Racist Allegations It’s functional and inoffensive, but not in any way special. The HTC One E8 is a plastic phone in search of its metal soul 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The regulator took into account the BBC’s argument that the use of the term was intended as “an inoffensive, humorous play on words”. Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson ‘deliberately used offensive racial term’ 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z This year's commemorations are built around the inoffensive themes of "Europe, peace and youth". The most important battle you've probably never heard of 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Is it overrinterpreting Harris's art to see the banality of evil in his determinedly inoffensive daubs? I saw Rolf Harris's dark side when I questioned his portrait of the Queen 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z “The Abe government will likely struggle to implement all but the most inoffensive of policies in the growth strategy,” Tobias Harris, a Japan expert at the corporate advisory firm Teneo Intelligence, said in a note. Shinzo Abe’s Bid to Shake Up Corporate Japan 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z It’s going to be a lot of work to be inoffensive, respectful, supportive, inclusive and nonjudgmental all around. | Sports | The Seattle Times 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z It’s going to be a lot of work to be inoffensive, respectful, supportive, inclusive and non-judgmental all around. Redskins controversy: Seattle Times sports readers sound off 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Furthermore, even the dissenting judge made a point of saying he was not defending the team’s name as inoffensive. Board rules for dictionary over Redskins’ feeble attempts to defend team name So this week the Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage introduced a new and – in their opinion – inoffensive Black Pete, following interviews with 30 people and more than 9,000 emails. 'Inoffensive' new Black Pete causes offence 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Associated Newspaper - which publishes the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday and Metro - argued the images were innocuous and inoffensive. Wellers call for child privacy law 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z I did, but still, Soylent tasted pretty much the same from day to day — like gritty, thinned-down pancake batter, inoffensive and dull. The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z All in all, he is a thoroughly inoffensive player - but even so I find it hard to forgive him because Insua robbed me of one of those perfect moments that football occasionally throws up. 'Messi-Aguero combination can light up World Cup' 2014-01-20T09:41:41Z His inoffensive style could help him avoid staking out controversial positions, but it could just as easily make him look like the odd man out on a network built on a power conference’s tribal loyalties. TV Sports: Delivering an Opinion Is Tebow’s New Test 2014-01-03T00:34:22Z Each element was inoffensive, so it was difficult to say what the flaws were. Romesh Gunesekera: “Road Kill.” 2013-11-25T05:00:00Z Researchers first asked a group of subjects to rate several smells, all of which were inoffensive neutral odors. The Big Stink About Anxiety: It Changes How Our Brains Process Odors 2013-09-28T21:48:00Z It is the ideal of scientificintelligibility, which he disguises, by means of an inoffensive general formulation, as the whole of intelligibility itself. The Scientism Sermons 2013-09-22T13:29:00Z Allergies are caused when our immune systems become overly sensitive to otherwise inoffensive substances. Allergies in the Time of Research 2013-07-21T17:54:46Z In a fitting denouement, an inoffensive 35-foot wrist shot by Iginla — only his fourth shot of the series — proved to be the Penguins’ final one. Bruins’ Sweep of Penguins Punctuates Unlikely Turnaround 2013-06-08T18:57:37Z While inoffensive and seemingly democratic, it is not for everyone. Critical Shopper: Kate Spade Store on Madison Avenue 2013-05-29T21:50:27Z In spite of complaint after complaint, Facebook continues to deem content encouraging violence against women inoffensive. Facebook's violently sexist pages are an opportunity for feminists 2013-05-23T11:00:01Z The offending article, which is the result of a collaboration between Paltrow and renowned beachwear designer Melissa Odabash, is a plain black triangle top with matching bottoms; pretty inoffensive in itself, you might wager. Bikinis on young girls – why is that a problem? 2013-04-25T15:18:57Z What M&S should be offering is the sort of simple, inoffensive staples that people need regardless of age or affluence. This is not fashion, this is M&S fashion 2013-04-11T14:51:24Z DH Stoke City were so disgustingly inoffensive when losing to Fulham and West Ham in their last two outings that even their own fans were affronted. Ten things to watch for in the FA Cup and Premier League this weekend 2013-03-08T11:53:00Z Maybe its longevity is down to the fact it is just too inoffensive to ever kill. A Question of Sport reaches its 1,000th show – but is it past its sell-by date? 2013-03-04T13:02:00Z She is part of the Commonwealth’s problem: as an inoffensive ceremonial personage, she cannot provide any real leadership for an organization of 54 disparate nations. Sri Lanka Sacks Chief Justice 2013-03-01T23:00:00Z "New Orleans is," bellows Ignatius, a caricature of the city's famously provincial, stubbornly resistant-to-change residents, "a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive." The Fifth Down: New Orleans' Facelift, from Hand-Wringing to Happy Occasion 2013-01-30T18:51:00Z Described as a "family man" and "quiet and inoffensive", Bob is a tech-wizard Bartleby for an age of "flexible" labour markets. Programmer Bob who outsourced his job was a model modern employee 2013-01-17T14:30:01Z The suspected hacker was connecting to the network using credentials that belonged to “Bob,” a software developer in his mid-40s that Verizon describes as na “inoffensive and quiet family man.” Software Developer Who Cleverly Outsourced His Job To China Betrayed By His Digital Footprint 2013-01-16T20:21:24Z Some, like generations of the Camry, have been famed for an inoffensive styling that was aimed straight at the middle-of-the road. Toyota drops "plain vanilla" styling with eye on Hyundai's rise 2013-01-13T18:49:50Z Quiet and inoffensive was the modus operandi of the Qataris for so long. Qatar: backwater to global player 2013-01-07T01:48:44Z Atheneum’s lawyers then tried to make the text inoffensive to the many possible litigants. Books on Science: ‘The Double Helix’ Review - Twists in the Tale of the Great DNA Discovery 2012-11-12T19:35:27Z A word probably dreamed up by a grey Fifa suit on a grey day in his grey office while trying to be as inoffensive as possible. The Fiver 2012-10-08T15:42:50Z Makes you wonder if it's possible to show "excretory activities" in a patently inoffensive manner. City Room: The Day: With a New M.T.A. Ad Policy, Thinking About the First Amendment 2012-10-02T13:12:30Z Corporations do their best to be politically correct and inoffensive. How to Avoid the Big 5 Social Media Mistakes Corporations Make 2012-09-28T15:32:48Z Although the family hosting her found this inquisitive comment inoffensive, telling her genially that Indians always eat with their hands, howls of indignation went up in the Indian media. The Return of Eva Perón 2012-07-30T05:00:00Z The bedside cabinets and coffee tables are both inoffensive and insubstantial in their laminated particle board construction. Athletes' Village opens its doors 2012-06-30T20:06:24Z “I have no personal knowledge of the fact, ma’am,” replied the good parson; “I have always found her a harmless and inoffensive woman, though some persons say she has put her mark on certain families.” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The house adjoining Bishop’s was occupied by a man named Woodcock, who had succeeded in the tenancy a glass-blower named Thomas Williams, described as a little, simple-looking man, of mild and inoffensive demeanour. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z He is on the whole a quiet and inoffensive animal, and in his restless peregrinations after food he does not care to interfere with the comfort or liberty of his neighbours. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The house had been safely passed and the negro apparently was inoffensive and harmless. The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z In its practical effects Buddhism is favorable to virtue; and its adherents, so far as they follow it, are a quiet and inoffensive people. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z But there is comfort for impulsive people in the fact that it is not always the most self-controlled and inoffensive of the writers who win upon us. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Besides, even should he see, he is the most philosophical and inoffensive husband in the world. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Sharon Bennett, a divorce lawyer in London, said that she advises her clients to use anodyne language or inoffensive trivialities. Divorce, British Style: Fault-Finding as Fine Art 2012-04-07T23:38:06Z A good-natured, inoffensive young fellow on the whole; free from actual vice; but extravagant, incorrigibly lazy, and easily imposed upon. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z They are quiet and inoffensive; some of them are learned; still more are serious and devout. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z What possible animus could any dweller in the valley have against the inoffensive young artist? The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z As it is, however, with occasional letters of regret for such untimely procedure, he still elects to bombard an inoffensive and unoffending township. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z The real, untraveled Spanish mind has little idea of true wit: of satire and burlesque, yes; of inoffensive joke or pun, none. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The Indians were a mild, inoffensive people; the Caribs a race of savages, some say, cannibals. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-03T02:00:26.740Z Of its priests, some are learned men, but the mass are ignorant, yet sober and inoffensive. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z One hundred and sixty Americans crossed the Ohio and put to death these harmless, inoffensive people, though they made no resistance. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z In short, he will act a manly, inoffensive, and agreeable part, in all the situations in life in which he may be placed.’” The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z As their deportment was inoffensive, it was thought unwise to molest them. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z He nevertheless underwent six months’ imprisonment, and upon his release invented the inoffensive term “secularism” as descriptive of his opinions, and established the Reasoner in their support. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Years before it had perchance been the dwelling-place of some inoffensive respectable householder who loved the quietness of the country. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z We can scarcely read without a smile the proclamations of their generals to the inoffensive cities, of whose affairs they so kindly undertook the unsolicited management. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Any sewer or other drain which at any time gives forth the odor of putrid decomposition is in bad condition and should be at once rendered inoffensive. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z "Surely he will not allow three inoffensive Englishmen to be shot," exclaimed Will, indignantly. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Just a spouter, that got drunk on his own words and shot a poor inoffensive gentleman in a shop! Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The skunks, when tame, seem in all respects inoffensive. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He was so pleasant and inoffensive that all hands gave him a welcome. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z A revolver swung at her hip—the wrong hip—and a Bowie knife, singularly inoffensive in appearance, was thrust through her girdle. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Presently he let drop something aimed at the young man; a light word, inoffensive, yet likely to draw the other into a debate. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z I have frequently seen them make the most unprovoked assaults on birds of an inoffensive kind; possibly they are in these attacks moved by a playful rather than by a vindictive spirit. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Ten canoes had come, at different times, to the ship; but the natives were extremely quiet and inoffensive, and sold our people a large quantity of fish. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Look, Michael; should war come betwixt King and colonies, neither King nor colonies should forget that our frontiers are crowded with thousands of savages who, if adroitly treated, will remain neutral and inoffensive. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z They are inoffensive because they are happy, and they are happy without knowing why: they are fulfilling the law. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z Have they not always been inoffensive and harmless ever since that kind old whale who happened to swallow the prophet Jonah, and then spat him carefully back on the shore? Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z The woman was quite inoffensive, but I am still unable to see her or hear her speak without that sickness of aversion which used to make the painfulness of Sunday more painful. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z What a pity it was that the inoffensive fellow had ever been promoted, for as a simple lawyer he would have been pushed by events into the background. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z He was a faultless executor of duty intrusted, obeying to the letter, yet never offering suggestions; a scrupulously clean man in speech and habit; a blameless husband, and an inoffensive neighbour. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The Gawar Christians are industrious and inoffensive, and have no higher aspiration than to be let alone, but they are the victims of a Kurdish rapacity which leaves them little more than necessary food. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z These Chinese laborers are inoffensive, peaceable and law-abiding. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z These inoffensive colored people were shot down without provocation, without mercy. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The professional pursuit of that gang was to rob and murder inoffensive citizens by night and throw them into the river, and it achieved a bad eminence at its calling. A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2012-02-11T03:03:42.997Z The Indian tribes which our adventurers had thus far encountered had been friendly, or at least inoffensive; but they were feeble bands, and all of them lived in terror of their powerful neighbors, the Sioux. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z They are a careful, pains-taking and industrious people, of quiet, unobtrusive and inoffensive manners; and are, in a majority of instances, men of some education and ability. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z Yet, though thus inoffensive, their doom was grievously heavy. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z There is no doubt that money does possess the inoffensive properties which science enumerates; but it would have these properties only in a society in which there was no violence,—in an ideal state. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Some misguided but radically inoffensive freshmen fall under the influence of such ideals in their early days, and grow out of them afterwards. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z The suckers, lazy, pig-like, inoffensive beings, congregated over the stretch of mud, from whose fat surface their small, round, defenseless, downward-opening mouths sucked up their sustenance incessantly. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z That shy and inoffensive man was the last whom he would have suspected to be meddling with his life. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z He moved about in an idle, wandering way, and was perfectly inoffensive; and the wilful destruction of such a man would have been the murder of an innocent. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Money is an inoffensive means of exchange when it is not collected while loaded guns are directed from the sea-shore against the defenceless inhabitants. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z The bumble-bees, the great, hairy creatures that are so familiar to us all, so inoffensive although they appear so fierce, begin their life in solitude. The Children's Life of the Bee 2012-01-10T03:00:15.617Z At the same time, this inoffensive and defenseless-looking creature undoubtedly belonged to the species Man, as his nostrils well assured him. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Not many years ago the tom-tom of the Nobel Prize beat before the tent of the modest and inoffensive Hindoo poet, Rabindranath Tagore. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z A half hour later, they had entered the Exchange Building, ascended to the office of Floyd & Meredith, and were cordially greeted by Farwell, the amiable, bald-headed and inoffensive customers' man. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z Why, then, was it not said half a century ago that servitude was, in itself, an inoffensive medium of reciprocal services, notwithstanding the fact that no man could lawfully enslave another? What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z When they are out of the hive, they are curiously inoffensive. The Children's Life of the Bee 2012-01-10T03:00:15.617Z He was an inoffensive, somewhat stuffy person, whom Michael grew accustomed to seeing every day in his father's former place, and whom he had expected to see sooner or later anyhow. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z In December, however, Adblock Plus introduced a new concept, the “acceptable ad” — that is, an ad so inoffensive that it shouldn’t necessarily be blocked by the software. Link by Link: An Ad Blocker Opens the Gate, Ever So Slightly 2012-01-02T00:59:02Z Suárez is from Uruguay and has said that in that country and other parts of Latin America, the use of the word “negro” is inoffensive in certain situations. Soccer Roundup: United, Upset by Blackburn, Still Trails Manchester City 2011-12-31T20:07:45Z Political economists say that money is an inoffensive medium of exchange, notwithstanding the fact that its possession enables one man to enslave another. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Suarez is from Uruguay and contends the use of “negro” in that country and other parts of Latin America is inoffensive in certain situations. English FA report: Liverpool?s Luis Suarez called Patrice Evra a ?Negro? 7 times during game 2011-12-31T18:36:24Z Socialism by becoming ministerial would be domesticated and rendered inoffensive against capital. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Cruikshank, however, saw that to be amusing where the utmost demanded is an inoffensive filling of vacancy was to triumph against dulness in its own sanctum. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z Immediately he pulled up short, and began to gore the inoffensive article, thrusting his horns through it, while holding it down with his forefeet at the same time. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z They are a quiet, inoffensive race who inhabit that village. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Many seemed to have come out of mere curiosity to see a play the censor had forbidden; some through knowing what a beautiful, passionate, and in its real altitude wholly inoffensive play 'Salom�' is. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z “How funny!” or “Did you see this?” as applicable; inoffensive, agreeable and somehow easily ignored, in the grand scheme of things. The Most-Shared Links on Facebook in 2011 2011-11-18T06:30:00Z The Duke spoke with a bitterness which almost suggested a personal animosity towards the inoffensive Mr. Knowles. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z She's only just on speaking terms with my mother, who's her own sister; and the things she says of my father are dreadful--he's really the most inoffensive of men. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z He answered that though he was bound to grant the boon desired by a man who became powerful by his austerities, he would devise a method of rendering it inoffensive to the heavenly host. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z She is such a dear, consistent, inoffensive, companionable goose, don't you know? An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z It is a quiet inoffensive creature, congregating with no other birds, and being rarely, except in spring, seen in company with even its own species. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z They are said to be generous, hospitable, and inoffensive, but extremely revengeful if they are ill-treated. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z There the anaerobic microbes flourish and multiply, and in the course of their life work they convert the sewage into an inoffensive liquid. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z The collared peccary is a timid, inoffensive animal about three feet long, and distinguished by white bands which traverse the shoulders and meet at the neck. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Presently two perfectly inoffensive young Englishmen, who were staying at our hotel, came strolling by. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z The bird itself is perfectly inoffensive, singular in form and habits, though rarely seen alive near enough for its peculiarities of form and colour to be observed. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Mabel, do you mean to say you brought me here, an inoffensive, harmless creature, for your sister to propose to a pal of mine? Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z A cruel way to treat an inoffensive plant, I’ll admit, but there was nothing else handy. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z The sheep, so useful to man, furnishing him with both food and clothing, is one of the most defenceless and inoffensive of all animals. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Warner's men of might are discredited in the new school; Henderson, lately head boy, finds himself a mere nobody; while the inoffensive Dove is exalted and made prefect. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z If there is a "gutter" belonging to it, it is so small and inoffensive that no whiff has reached my nose. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z My dear lady, I'm not a police officer, but a very harmless, inoffensive old bachelor. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z He was a meek, inoffensive man, and stood in deep awe of those set in authority over him. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Once, indeed, he committed himself in the village, attacking with his walking-stick an inoffensive tradesman who had accidentally brushed against him, and immediately running home. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z The traveler severed the python's vertebr�, rendering it inoffensive, and then made an incision into its abdomen. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z New to the jungle, I was under the impression that all wild elephants were inoffensive creatures. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z An inoffensive nobleman named Isaac Angelus, being accused of treason, was arrested at his own door by the emissaries of the tyrant. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z I will be surety for her inoffensive conduct.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The poor, inoffensive negroes, most innocent part of the whole population! Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z It is a wonder that they were not called hospital orderlies in the efforts to make them seem inoffensive. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z The task of tackling an apparently inoffensive ox was not going to be quite so easy as he imagined. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z His successors—strange issue from such a stock—were a pair of mild, easy-going, and inoffensive men of literature. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z But his kindly and inoffensive nature was incapable of malice, and he behaved with a moderation almost amounting to magnanimity. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z "Behold already a satire on the most inoffensive of men." The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Filipino freemasonry was not so inoffensive as it was believed.... The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z Believing them to be ill-used, and at the same time inoffensive, she saw no cause for fear, and therefore did not participate in her husband's alarm and felt no uneasiness in his meditated absence. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Bertram was of a mild, inoffensive and quite unvindictive nature, but he found himself wishing that the Military Landing Officer’s dinner might thoroughly disagree with him. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z The day had been saved by Will’s inoffensive camera after all, for there was no alarm, and they had escaped an encounter with the poisonous claws of that beast of prey. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z It is a very decent head, in its way; quite neat and inoffensive, with smooth, shiny hair, which won't come down like the golden locks I once had. Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z Although Foreman did not perform vile practical jokes upon unsuspecting and inoffensive hosts as did the now “commissioner” Worcester in his travels, he did many things no honorable man would have done. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z She was innocent and inoffensive, and, as far as she was able to think, well meaning, and ready to be at every body's command; though incapable to be at any body's service. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z At the last interview, he charged his sister to implore the pity of the King and the pardon of Louvois, in humble and submissive terms, which showed a man conquered, crushed, and henceforth inoffensive. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The ragged beard had been trimmed to a point; the uncouth hair had been cut, shampooed, and invested with a subtle, inoffensive aroma; and a twenty-five-shilling Lincoln and Bennett crowned all without palpable incongruity. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z Gabriel was duly archangelic in this regard; the other's only freedom a habit of calling a thing an 'ell of a thing, and on occasion an Elizabethan expressiveness, entirely inoffensive in his mouth. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z He cared as little for the one as for the other, but found the drier brands inoffensive in both cases. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z As Hank brought him in for questioning, he parried questions about Gale and his own biography with his usual inoffensive solicitousness. Breaking Bad: The Man Behind the Chicken 2011-06-07T00:05:00Z All the forms of conjuration were used between the two, every charm, every talisman and many "kinds of powders," not always inoffensive. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z He and his flock alike were quiet, inoffensive persons. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z |
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