It is those custom details — the one-off huge stock grants, in Mr. Cook's case, the token $1 annual salaries or evaporating bonuses in others — that can turn dull proxy statements into page-turners.
There's nothing dull like policy statements here, just feel-good fun to get voters whistling all the way to the ballot box, where they would vote Eisenhower in their droves.
'I sang in the school choir.'" In that last statement the dull murderer bathetically explains why this Christian symbolism should pop into his head: a dimly recalled religious ritual from schooldays.
The vast majority are typically dull government letters and statements sent between departments, but a few reveal the private attitudes of those in power that were previously unknown.
They moved into the quilt room, where Charlotte's attention was caught by a quilt that stood out from the others, a statement of dulled black and white.
And unlike the daily affairs of the White House, which have inherent dramatic value, lobbying and consulting tend to be as opaque as the language in a legislative rider or as dull as the opening statements at an appropriations meeting.
Art fairs can be boring, and curatorial statements, beyond dull, but at PULSE New York Contemporary Art Fair this year, a new platform called Conversations encourages galleries to engage in a more stimulating and critical form of curation.
Avoid anything bland or dull, and make the personal statement a reflection of your individual talents and interests.
The same mayor and the same police chief were very much in charge this time as well, ticking off lengthy lists of steps, with dull and self-serving political statements only protruding when other politicians managed to grab time before news cameras.
A beautiful, statement necklace, can turn a dull, drab dress into a work of art, if it's styled correctly.
APRIL'S policy statement by the Federal Reserve was a dull one by the standards of central banks, which is saying something.
