less-than-stellar

• “Give me a plausible reason for adopting less-than-stellar hygiene habits.”

  Simon & Schuster: How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf

• “Imagine bringing enthusiasm and wonder to a less-than-stellar event in your life instead of a cynical, negative point of view.”

  The Huffington Post: Levi Ben-Shmuel: Reclaiming the Wisdom of Innocence

• “Often these audiences are comprised of citizens of a country known for having less-than-stellar relations with the United States government, which makes the experience all the more important and necessary in an increasingly competitive and complex world.”

  The Huffington Post: Linda Constant: A Different Kind of P2P: The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad

• “I think I'll be a big part of the offense, said Keller, adding that he'd put on some weight during the offseason in hopes that it would help his less-than-stellar blocking and allow him to stay on the field for more plays.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Can Keller Be the Jets' Dallas Clark?

• “School officials knew the issues they confronted with this one: a noon kickoff, a sun-baked afternoon, a less-than-stellar opponent, a poor economy and a rebuilding program fresh off a 2-10 season.”

  The Washington Post: Thoughts on the smallest home crowd of Friedgen's tenure

• “After years as the lending market's undesirables, aspiring home buyers with less-than-stellar credit are being offered home loans again—with some of the same conditions and catches critics say tripped up subprime borrowers five years ago.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Riskier Loans Make a Comeback, as Private Firms Take the Field

• “Despite Grammer's now less-than-stellar track record in the wake of Hank, Boss creator and executive producer Farhad Safinia believes the new series will make viewers forget the past.”

  Kelsey Grammer on Putting the Bullet in Hank: "It Wasn't Very Funny"

• “But it's possible that there was an informal social pressure to have been familiar with what the DSG was writing in the '80s, while now we're leaving it up to the initiative and interest of individual legislators, with less-than-stellar results.”

  The Washington Post: How do legislators learn?

• “Blekko joins a long list of search engines that have tried to improve upon Google's business, with a less-than-stellar track record.”

  The Huffington Post: Blekko Search Engine To Rely On The Human Touch

• “They are a little surprising," said All-Pro center Nick Mangold of New England's less-than-stellar stats.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Pats' D Is Bad Only on Paper

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