Carter was a somewhat bland engineer, whereas Obama is a charismatic lawyer.

For one hour a day they're brought to these bleak and bland exercise yards.

All parts of the plant have a distinguishing strong odour that is often likened to peanuts, cashews, or rotting cashews.

Others send bland emails Thank you for writing to us without responding to the particular question or comment.

Its first public statement came only after China issued a bland denial of the intrusion in response to Indian media reports quoting army sources.

One major problem was resolved through a 49,000 project that corrected the sewage overflow at the Hagåtña main sewage station, which emitted a foul odour throughout the area.

But I have all, and abound I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

Because I think you'll agree, they all summarize some aspect of TED, but to me they felt a bit bland, or they just had a certain aspect of TED in them.

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

François Hollande, bland and bureaucratic, campaigned on a promise to be a normal president, unlike the colorful incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy and, indeed, unlike all of his predecessors since the Fifth Republic was established in 1959.

By the '70s, home cooking was in such a sad state that the high fat and spice contents of foods like McNuggets and Hot Pockets and we all have our favorites, actually made this stuff more appealing than the bland things that people were serving at home.