What unimaginative names they give to streets

... but it strikes me as a slightly unimaginative way of improving a train journey merely to make it shorter.

And personally, I think a chicken is as good a reason for murder as a blonde, a mattress full of dollar bills, or any of the customary, unimaginative reasons.

Most of the people with whom I spoke complained endlessly about government shortcomings. Government at both the federal and state levels was invariably regarded as slow, indecisive, corrupt, unimaginative, and shortsighted in general, worthless.

Obama s impressive signals since taking office telephoning Arab leaders before European allies, appointing special envoy George Mitchell and speaking on Al Arabiyeh for his first interview reflect a different approach from the staid and unimaginative past.

Yet these countries have so far played a rather unimaginative and timid role in international forums such as the G 20 or the World Trade Organization. When they have asserted themselves, it has been largely in pursuit of narrow national interests.

68. Without wishing to underestimate the difficulties faced by those who labour with very few resources and much more limited political support than is usually acknowledged, it would seem that the publicity provided for the work of the various treaty bodies is usually unimaginative and not especially informative.

More precisely, the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers and the troika continued to leak to the global media that the Greek authorities had no credible, innovative proposals on offer their standard refrain. A few days later, once the powers that be realized that the Greek government was about to capitulate fully to the troika s demands, they saw fit to impose upon Greece their demeaning, unimaginative, and pernicious Treuhand model.