Banal in common English language is trite, commonplace, mundane.
The reed thing Destacamento swatted five shots and his inside presence allowed
Banal and Montuano to work their way on the offensive end.
Instead of encountering the novelty of "becoming-with" new technologies and recognizing their interruptive and disruptive novelty, we experience instead the digital
banal, a lack of awareness of how much mediation colors experience.
Academics who have conducted studies in Scotland (e.g., Law, 2001; Petersoo, 2007; Rosie, Petersoo, MacInnes, Condor, & Kennedy, 2006), however, question some aspects of Billig's theory in "stateless nations," especially the use of deixis as an indicator of
banal nationalism.
In among the sometimes compelling, often
banal theorizing about tango's cultural significance, the most apposite comment of all belongs to Cristina Rey.
In spite of her efforts, however, the production does not go beyond the limits of the obvious, or even of the
banal, to fully justify the connection to Beckett.
Arendt, as everyone knows, envisioned even the extreme evil which produced the Holocaust as merely "
banal."
The only condition: be it cubism, literary minimalism, or rock and roll, a style borrowed from the West must be sufficiently
banal to be useful.
Already without head coach Chris Gavina, who had to prioritize his duties with PBA team Rain or Shine, the Strikers also did not have reigning Most Valuable Player Gab
Banal and sniper Oping Sumalinog.
Rocky Acidre and comebacking Gab
Banal combined down the stretch as the Strikers picked up their third straight victory and improved their win-loss record to 11-9.
The Strikers, who stunned the Manila Stars last week, climbed to 10-9, behind the team-high 20 points of Mark Montuano, the 17 of Pangilinan, the 13 of Rocky Acidre, and the triple-double (10 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists) of Gab
Banal. It was the second straight triple-double for
Banal, the league's record holder in the category.