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Desultorily
Swedish death metal band
Desultory was part of the first wave of Swedish death metal bands, alongside Entombed, Dismember, Unleashed and others. Into Eternity, their Metal Blade
Desultory
1965 song by Paul Simon
"A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Originally
A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)
A_Simple_Desultory_Philippic_(or_How_I_Was_Robert_McNamara'd_into_Submission)
1590 book by Tu Long
Kao Pan Yu Shi (Chinese: 考槃余事, Desultory Remarks on Furnishing the Abode of the Retired Scholar; also called Art of Refined Living or Pastimes Most Entertaining)
Kao_Pan_Yu_Shi
1966 studio album by Simon & Garfunkel
album—"Patterns", "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall", and "A Simple Desultory Philippic"—also appear on Simon's first solo effort, The Paul Simon Songbook
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Parsley,_Sage,_Rosemary_and_Thyme
1965 studio album by Paul Simon
2:58 2. "Kathy's Song" 3:42 3. "The Side of a Hill" 2:28 4. "A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)" 2:25 5. "Flowers
The_Paul_Simon_Songbook
"Simon Says" 1959 Tom & Jerry 2:29 Tom and Jerry recording "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)" 1966 Parsley
List of songs recorded by Simon & Garfunkel
List_of_songs_recorded_by_Simon_&_Garfunkel
Part of the Anglo-French War (1781)
Admiral Samuel Hood broke off and retreated. Admiral de Grasse offered a desultory chase before seeing the French convoys safe to port. In March 1781, a
Battle_of_Fort_Royal
March 26, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021. Roger, Ebert (July 28, 2005). "Desultory adultery falls flat on romp". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original
Johnny_Depp_filmography
Heir of the English throne (1330–1376)
Robert Knolles again took service with him. The war in Aquitaine was desultory and, though the English maintained their ground fairly in the field, their
Edward_the_Black_Prince
German disco group
lure of the local disco – a miniature Gomorrah where the kids dance in a desultory fashion to the sounds of Boney M. Kisyk (26 January 2011). "Тюльпан" [Tulip]
Boney_M.
Chinese writer (1542–1605)
Kao Pan Yu Shi, (考槃余事, "Desultory Remarks on Furnishing the Abode of the Retired Scholar"), first published in 1606. Desultory Remarks has fifteen treatises:
Tu_Long
1989 American action film
send-up style of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and hope the jungle scenery and desultory hamminess of Pleasence and Herbert Lom (as another villain) will distract
River_of_Death_(film)
for the families of O'Conor and Burke. The accounts however become more desultory, especially for the 16th century. Nevertheless, it is an invaluable document
Annals_of_Connacht
English grammarian who taught at the universities of Toulouse and Paris. A desultory work, it mentions episodes of the Crusades (including the Albigensian
De_triumphis_ecclesiae
buildings. Madero's chief military man, General Victoriano Huerta, put up a desultory effort to combat the rebels, which some see as a "phony war." Ambassador
Pact_of_the_Embassy
Event in which participants attend in costume wearing a mask
1755, enforcement of measures designed to end masquerades was at best desultory, and the masquerades went on as semi-private "subscriptions". In the 1770s
Masquerade_ball
English writer and journalist (1812–1870)
He did not consider it to be a good school: "Much of the haphazard, desultory teaching, poor discipline punctuated by the headmaster's sadistic brutality
Charles_Dickens
Species of trapdoor spider
that is native to Malaysia. It is commonly misidentified as Liphistius desultory, another trapdoor spider species.[failed verification] Natural History
Liphistius_murphyorum
American record producer and engineer (born 1934)
during their Columbia audition, and he is mentioned in the song "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)" by Paul Simon
Roy_Halee
English poet
Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth and Thomas de Quincey. His best-known poem is "Desultory Thoughts in London". Born in Birmingham, Charles Lloyd II was the eldest
Charles_Lloyd_(poet)
Holy Roman Emperor from 1658 to 1705
interference brought on a war with the Holy Roman Empire, which, after some desultory operations, really began in 1663. By a personal appeal to the diet at
Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
War between France and a European coalition (1688–1697)
took Ebernburg on 27 September, news of the peace brought an end to the desultory campaign, and both armies drew back from one another. In Catalonia, however
Nine_Years'_War
1954 novel by Françoise Sagan
cliff in an apparent suicide. Cécile and her father return to the empty, desultory life they were living before Anne interrupted their summer and consider
Bonjour_Tristesse
Canadian provincial election
return. The party essentially ended at this point, though it lingered in desultory fashion until 1989. Parti Québécois received its highest ever result with
1981_Quebec_general_election
1993 British film
is over-deliberate or forced about his acting ... Coming off years of desultory and unimpressive movies, Winger at last plays a role worthy of her talent
Shadowlands_(1993_film)
English novelist, essayist and poet (1744–1818)
final publication was one such piece: Feeling, or, Sketches from Life: a Desultory Poem (1810). Hortensia, or, The Distressed Wife (1769, anonymous) The
Elizabeth_Bonhôte
1972 studio album by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
than had Flack prior to their teaming up, his subsequent solo career was desultory, with no high-profile success prior to his re-teaming with Flack for "The
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta_Flack_&_Donny_Hathaway
2010 studio album by Blue Sky Black Death & Alexander Chen
of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying, "The songs are desultory but strangely attractive; the singing is cold and lackluster, but oddly
Third_Party_(album)
Italian painter
Domenico Brentana, but became orphaned by age nine. After a prolonged desultory education in various fields including music, he trained as a painter in
Simone_Brentana
King of England from 1199 to 1216
along the eastern and southern Normandy borders. Both sides paused for desultory negotiations before the war recommenced; John's position was now stronger
John,_King_of_England
1979 studio album by Carla Bley
charms and imperfections of the mechanical mode. But this is basically desultory, hinting at the feckless formalism an obsession with textures so often
Musique_Mecanique
American politician
Burke County, who held Hagan to a 58–42% margin. In 1968, he would face desultory opposition in the primary and defeated Savannah Republican State Senator
G._Elliott_Hagan
British writer (1755–1838)
and transitory modes." Her reading seems to have been extensive, but desultory; she had advantages in her personal contacts with the Edinburgh and Quarterly
Anne_Grant
Medieval dispute between secular rulers and the papacy (1076–1122)
kingdom and waning power. Many of his underlords had been in constant or desultory revolt for years. Henry IV's insistence that Antipope Clement III was
Investiture_Controversy
1987 war film by Stanley Kubrick
praising "the dialogue's wild, desperate wit; the daring in choosing a desultory skirmish to make a point about war's pointlessness," and "the fine, large
Full_Metal_Jacket
Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656
league under Swedish leadership. Still letting his troops fight in a desultory fashion against the imperials, John George again negotiated for peace
John George I, Elector of Saxony
John_George_I,_Elector_of_Saxony
American poet (1926–2005)
A Poem (West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1978) ISBN 0-8112-0736-6 Desultory Days (Knotting, Bedfordshire, England: Sceptre Press, 1978) Was That a
Robert_Creeley
Small midrash on Genesis 1:11
six, in 20; on five, in 7; on four, in 20; on three, in 12, 18, etc. Desultory expositions of Genesis 2:17; 3:3, 14 et seq.; Exodus 7:12 et seq., 83
Midrash_Tadshe
1667 naval battle
through realized the battle had been lost. The battle then ended with a desultory long-range exchange between both fleets, with the English fleet still
Battle_of_Nevis
assailable, assailant, assailment, assault, assaultive, consilience, desultory, dissilience, dissilient, exult, exultant, exultation, insult, insultation
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/P–Z
Archipelago and council area off the west coast of mainland Scotland
of Stuart's attempts to control the Outer Hebrides were then at first desultory and little more than punitive expeditions. In 1506 the Earl of Huntly
Outer_Hebrides
Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901
and a gathering of armed bands to his standard. After some delay and desultory fighting, he and his uncle, Azam Khan, occupied Kabul in March 1866. The
Abdur_Rahman_Khan
1969 film
glimmer of originality but it is sluggishly developed and peppered with desultory split-screen work" and "the action is efficiently mounted and apart from
Eagles_Over_London
Period of Spanish history (1516–1700)
Habsburg forces. England now entered the war and occupied Jamaica. The long, desultory and weary struggle effectively ended at the Battle of the Dunes (1658)
Habsburg_Spain
Swedish musician and artist (born 1971)
Decollation 1992 Cursed Lands (EP) Desecrator 1990 Black Sermons (EP) Desultory 1994 Bitterness Diabolique 1997 Wedding the Grotesque 1998 The Diabolique
Kristian_Wåhlin
English popular science writer
Manchester, on 21 September 1837. He received no education except some desultory instruction at a school held in the Wesleyan chapel, which he supplemented
John_Ellor_Taylor
Modernist art collector, writer, and businessman
this trip in his 1902 book Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile; Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West
Arthur_Jerome_Eddy
Final battle of the Second Punic War (202 BC)
at the other and then withdraw. Lazenby describes these skirmishes as "desultory". Hannibal then ordered a charge against the Roman infantry by his 80
Battle_of_Zama
25th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing
made use of self-designed V12 engines. 1970 champions Team Lotus had a desultory season after the death of their driver and champion Jochen Rindt, experimenting
1971_Formula_One_season
1972 British film by Peter Collinson
Taste of Honey [1961] and The Penthouse [1967]. There are even a few desultory echos of Peeping Tom [1960] (Peter's tapes of his victims) thrown in to
Straight On till Morning (film)
Straight_On_till_Morning_(film)
President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
Approaches to Methods and Analysis. 1995, p. 236. Barry S. Levitt (2006). "A desultory defense of democracy: OAS Resolution 1080 and the Inter-American Democratic
Alberto_Fujimori
1973 single by Edgar Winter
RichC (October 26 2020). "Music Monday: Edgar Winter Group – Free Ride." My Desultory Blog. https://mydesultoryblog.com/2020/10/music-monday-edgar-winter-group-free-ride/
Free_Ride_(song)
1981 novel by Ian McEwan
inform Mary that such crimes are common. McEwan's novel explores the desultory closeness that exists between Mary and Colin. They have known each other
The_Comfort_of_Strangers
British Army general (1852–1925)
that "in the strict sense there was no battle ... the fighting ... was desultory". John Charteris, Haig's intelligence adviser, thought the advance "absurdly
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
John_French,_1st_Earl_of_Ypres
1857–1859 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray
who takes it up to read as a whole, will find that it is the work of a desultory writer, to whom it is not infrequently difficult to remember the incidents
The_Virginians
Comecon The Crown Dark Tranquillity Darkane Death Breath Defleshed Demonoid Desultory Dimension Zero Disfear Dismember Dissection Draconian The Duskfall Edge
List of Swedish death metal bands
List_of_Swedish_death_metal_bands
American actor (1911–1986)
his parents performed on the stage for producer Max Gordon. Despite a desultory formal education, he was accepted by Harvard College, where he ultimately
Broderick_Crawford
2025 Indian film by Rishab Seth
marks to Yami Gautam and Pratik Gandhi for gamely trying to spice up a desultory ride." Zenia Bandyopadhyay of India Today rated the film three and a half
Dhoom_Dhaam_(2025_film)
2004 French film
After (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 2020-06-28. "Desultory adultery falls flat on romp movie review (2005) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert
Happily Ever After (2004 film)
Happily_Ever_After_(2004_film)
1960 heist film
Despite Milestone's efforts, the first third tends to drag, due mainly to desultory characterisation, but when the raid begins both situations and dialogue
Ocean's_11
Theban general and statesman (419/411–362 BC)
the period of 378–371 BC. The years following the Theban coup had seen desultory fighting between Sparta and Thebes, with Athens also drawn into the conflict
Epaminondas
City in Germany
ground advance into Germany reached Bochum in April 1945. Encountering desultory resistance, the US 79th Infantry Division captured the city on 10 April
Bochum
the championship that year. After Rindt's death, the Lotus team had a desultory 1971 season with its two new and inexperienced drivers – Emerson Fittipaldi
History_of_Formula_One
produced the votes needed for Johnson to defeat Stevenson. After years of desultory opposition to Democrats during the post-Reconstruction years of the Solid
1948 United States Senate election in Texas
1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas
Scottish physician and anatomist
offence to his co-religionists, and for some time subsequently led a desultory life, without any definite and continuous employment. He was for four
Andrew_Marshal
Irish fishery reformer
reversed), and with his five brothers joined the established church. He had a desultory education, and spent much time in hunting, shooting, and fishing. He became
William_Joshua_Ffennell
Airport
settlement in the world. In the words of one author, Long Tieng "became a desultory metropolis, an unpaved, sewerless city of 30,000 where Hmong ran noodle
Long_Tieng
Semi-autonomous state affiliated with the Ottoman Empire (1551–1912)
Jefferson, an American naval force was sent and blockaded Tripoli, and the desultory First Barbary War dragged on from 1801 until 3 June 1805. The Regency
Ottoman_Tripolitania
City in Boeotia, Greece
proved itself formidable (see also: Sacred Band of Thebes). Years of desultory fighting, in which Thebes established its control over all Boeotia, culminated
Thebes,_Greece
American jazz singer (1915–1959)
years and I was shocked at her physical weakness. Her rehearsal had been desultory; her voice sounded tinny and trailed off; her body sagged tiredly. But
Billie_Holiday
appearance on Simon & Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence (1966). "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)" was later
List of songs recorded by Paul Simon
List_of_songs_recorded_by_Paul_Simon
1952 film
probably did the best he could with what he had, but the overall effect is desultory in the extreme, which is sort of disappointing. It was like having a big
Springfield_Rifle_(film)
National policy of Saudi Arabia
working conditions. Some observers have called the Saudization efforts "desultory", stating that Saudi businesses find native Saudis unwilling to take service
Saudization
Campaign of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
falling pretty freely, but in a seemingly rather aimless way and the same desultory fire kept up all Monday. Aircraft and anti-aircraft guns were busy nearly
Sinai_and_Palestine_campaign
British journalist, based in the US
record label called Soullife. Sanjiv is quite open about the partying and desultory life in Los Angeles in that time period. Keefe adeptly ends the chapter
Sanjiv_Bhattacharya
American diplomat, politician and army officer (1819–1898)
men. Rosecrans's predecessor, Buell, had been relieved because of his desultory pursuit of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg following the Battle of Perryville
William_Rosecrans
Recording studio in Stockholm, Sweden
Subconscious Lobotomy Dismember – Indecent & Obscene Entombed – Wolverine Blues Desultory – Into Eternity Necrophobic – The Nocturnal Silence At The Gates – With
Sunlight_Studio
2004 studio album by Raphe Malik
contest to see who can play the fewest notes. Occasionally it sounds desultory, but at its best, as on the soprano-trumpet duet 'Motivic,' their quiet
Sympathy_(Raphe_Malik_album)
English writer (1778–1826)
for several years. Twelve Rambles in London, by Amicus Patriæ (1810) Desultory Reflections on Banks in general, and the System of keeping up a False
William_Burt_(writer)
American musician and actor (born 1949)
idiosyncratic American style... The music is bony and menacingly beautiful, the desultory electric-guitar solo as cold as the rattle of marimbas in 'Clap Hands'
Tom_Waits
English feminist, writer and actress
strong filial affection from an early age. Taylor's education was pursued desultorily and privately. She was the constant companion of her mother who was continually
Helen_Taylor_(feminist)
1990 film by Mike Nichols
incomplete, dimly seen, unrealized scenes in the rehab center, and then desultory talk about offscreen AA meetings. But the film is preoccupied with gossip;
Postcards from the Edge (film)
Postcards_from_the_Edge_(film)
President of Kenya from 1964 to 1978
Arnold stated that in England, Kenyatta's adherence to Christianity was "desultory". While in London, Kenyatta had taken an interest in the atheist speakers
Jomo_Kenyatta
1975 studio album by Pink Floyd
In Mason's memoir Inside Out, he recalled Barrett's conversation as "desultory and not entirely sensible". Storm Thorgerson would later reflect on Barrett's
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)
Wish_You_Were_Here_(Pink_Floyd_album)
1775 Siege of the American Revolutionary War
not become as brutal as it later became; the siege was conducted in a desultory manner and was effectively a stalemate. After two days, the Loyalists
Siege_of_Savage's_Old_Fields
Military unit
north and south of the Orsha–Smolensk road were stalled from the outset. Desultory fighting continued in the area until mid-month but no further gains were
247th_Rifle_Division
Computation model defining an abstract machine
deterministic mechanical rules slavishly (or as Turing puts it, "in a desultory manner"). More explicitly, a Turing machine consists of: A tape divided
Turing_machine
1968 studio album by the Doors
at Sunset Sound during the recording of the album. The mood is highly desultory, as Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore wait for the absent Morrison to arrive
Waiting_for_the_Sun
2016 American dystopian thriller film
visuals and soundscape, its narrative feels increasingly stretched and desultory." Lee Marshall of Screen International wrote that "the story runs out
The_Bad_Batch_(film)
Transatlantic shipping company
1863 Havre-New York packet services had "degenerated into an occasional, desultory sailing." The Havre Old Line terminated service in 1863. The Whitlock
Havre_Second_Line
Season of television series
stating that "the stories unfold in a dry, drab way and the pacing is desultory. Series directors are fond of long pauses that serve no purpose other
Mad_Men_season_1
Indian action thriller series
a chronicle of a time of immense import, Sultan of Delhi is a rather desultory adaptation of a passable book that has an undeniable sense of history
Sultan_of_Delhi_(TV_series)
American physician and writer (1860–1918)
eccentric, irresponsible character whose native ability was wasted in a desultory, rambling life, and in neglect of those codes which society has erected
William_Lee_Howard
British sinologist
Acting Consul in Shanghai from 1859 to 1863. His best-known work are "Desultory Notes on the Government and People of China and on the Chinese Language"
Thomas_Taylor_Meadows
2024 Hindi-language film by Pulkit
June 2024). "Dedh Bigha Zameen Review: Pratik Gandhi Shines Bright In A Desultory Film". NDTV. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June
Dedh_Bigha_Zameen
Military unit
from overall commander U.S. General Norman Schwarzkopf; halted after 'desultory' Iraqi artillery fire; continued to move so slowly that on the morning
Egyptian_Armoured_Corps
Welsh poet & philanthropist (1827–1890)
far away from any town, the instruction and reading of Emily Davis was desultory. Following the financial collapse of her grandfather's bank in 1831, Pfeiffer's
Emily_Jane_Pfeiffer
debt he had run up in May 1991 and had never repaid. The RCMP only made desultory efforts to find Leite, whom they wrongly believed to be in the Middle
Jorge_Leite
1st episode of the 1st season of The Twilight Zone
"[the episode's] resolution... seemed trite and anticlimactic. In the desultory field of filmed half-hour drama, however, Mr. Serling should not have
Where_Is_Everybody?
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