dry-as-dust

He had understood nothing, and the only idea he had gathered was that evolution was a dry-as-dust theory, of a lot of little men possessed of huge and unintelligible vocabularies.

Chapter 13 2010

Whenever architecture has been reduced to simply being about architecture, it has suffered -- whether under the dry-as-dust reforming classicist Abbé Laugier during the eighteenth century, or Mies and Corbu in the twentieth.

The Dangers of Architectural Positivism 2009

Mr. Cohen has thus produced the opposite of a dry-as-dust academic tome, and it is full of surprises.

The Great Warpath Andrew Roberts 2011

Love proceeds not out of the dry-as-dust way of the mind.

Jack London's Story - Moon Face: Planchette pg 3 of 3 2010

Many expect a similarly unsatisfying outcome on the hard turf of the dry-as-dust Adelaide Oval, where batsmen typically run up huge scores and bowlers similar to pitchers struggle to get to 20 wickets.

Cam Newton Ruled Eligible to Compete 2010

Although Guderian, one of the victors, visited Smolensk on the 17th, recording that it was largely undamaged, there is nothing in his dry-as-dust record of those days to indicate any sort of self-consciousness as to his victory, or for that matter, that a battle had even been fought.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

According to Mr. Skeel, this organization seeks to transform dry-as-dust evangelical scholars into media savvy, theatrically sophisticated scholars who can propagate their learning "in a culturally influential manner to a broad audience," preferably with comedic panache.

St. Paul Was a Stand-Up Guy, but . . . 2010

Although Guderian, one of the victors, visited Smolensk on the 17th, recording that it was largely undamaged, there is nothing in his dry-as-dust record of those days to indicate any sort of self-consciousness as to his victory, or for that matter, that a battle had even been fought.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Michael Dirda on The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel: Surely, though, the man is your typical melancholy, dry-as-dust bibliophile?

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Throughout this saga, the "vaccines cause autism" side could claim more powerful persuaders than the dry-as-dust scientific papers and even drier scientists trying to reassure parents.

Anatomy of a Scare 2009