Word: glaciality
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...Harvard, where change usually comes at a glacial pace, the administration this year began taking a few small steps to increase student satisfaction--small steps that seem to be getting big results...
...cornerstones of Wyoming, and the two crucial visiting spots for any tourist, are its two national parks. Grand Tetons National Park features a magnificent range of snow-capped mountains and two beautiful glacial lakes. Just to the north is Yellowstone National Park, the crown jewel in the nation's park system...
...west wind swept the town, I sometimes halted on my post office run to talk to Russell Piper in his tiny dry-cleaning plant. The steam and heat built up a coat of ice an inch or more thick on the windows. He was a shadowy figure behind the glacial facade. But he offered a cup of hot chocolate and unquenchable cheer, even working through the night cleaning other people's grease spots. Rural culture lived through...
...filed a lawsuit against Exxon, says he had expected to process 14 million lbs. of fish but got only 3 million. On a positive note, the three large commercial fish hatcheries in the spill's path were protected, and millions of salmon returned in late summer to spawn in glacial streams along the sound...
Though Hitler had made no pretense of declaring war on Poland -- with which he had signed a ten-year nonaggression pact in 1934 -- the British and French response to his attack was glacial in its formality. Not until 10 a.m. did the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, summon the German charge d'affaires to ask if he had any explanation for this "very serious situation." The charge admitted only that the Germans were defending themselves against a Polish attack...