The artistic director, Sergei Filin, who was nearly blinded in January when assailants threw acid in his face, took the witness stand in a drab courtroom and faced the man accused of masterminding the attack, Pavel V. Dmitrichenko, once a star Bolshoi dancer, who prosecutors say was driven to violence by rivalry and rage.
Eriophorum angustifolium is described as "a rather dull plant" in winter and spring, but "simply breathtaking" in summer and autumn, when 1 7 conspicuous inflorescences – composed of hundreds of white pappi comparable to cotton, hair, tassels, and/or bristles – stand out against naturally drab surroundings.
The show opens with a series of renderings of his earliest houses, mounted on the wall or on drab beige fiberboard stands.
It stood out from the other drab garments, like a lemon yellow taxi in a sea of gray traffic.
Budapest stood apart from the relatively drab capitals of the other Soviet-bloc countries; it maintained an impression of plenty, with smart shops, good restaurants, and other amenities.
I glanced into Albert's shop every time I walked by it; the couture gowns in the window stood out on that otherwise drab block like jewels on a crone's neck.
BEST: Look, feel and attitude make it a stand-out in a generally drab field.
Wanna get a Nook but can't stand the sight of its drab exterior?
With the bandannas concealing their faces, American flags draped over their United States national team jerseys, and Fidel Castrolivele olive drab caps, the five fans stood drenched in the stands of Estadio Pedro Marrero.
Where a pickup truck's drab centre stack once stood is the glossy black faceplate and Cue infotainment display of those aforementioned models.
