Word: glacially
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President really wants "attainment of stability at the lowest possible level of forces," then his only reasons for supporting MX are automatic. The reflexes of "bigger is better and "what the Russians have, we must have" have won another victory in Washington. Congress needs to rise above this glacial inertia while there is still time, move quickly past MX, and go with the weapons systems that ensure peace bombers, submarines, and Midgetman...
...resources haven't come. But there is progress: the elections last year, the functioning of a government. Political parties that seemed as though they would shoot each other at one point are now working together. There is continued progress on agrarian reform and human rights. It's glacial progress. It's maddening, but it's there...
...been nervously founded on a gamble about the sports fan's adaptability to different time zones. There is something spiritually dislocating, even depraved, about football in May. Still, Homo sapiens has adjusted to the idea of having ice hockey's Stanley Cup playoffs proceed at their glacial pace through the same month, so perhaps the content of seasons is just a matter of habit. When man sends colonies into space, he will be able to mount movable, sun-reflecting mirrors to simulate rhythms of night and day and even the terrestrial seasons. If he wished such special effects...
...that is over, and the crews are back where they belong. The agony of the tanks has ended Barring unforeseen glacial activity, the Charles is water again instead...
...debate soon rises to rage. Less innocent than powerless, King finds his "book" for the show increasingly interrupted by caterwauling songs. His prostitutes, college boys and blue-mouthed sheriff-hero are transformed into sanitized cartoons. Disputes with collaborators become glacial standoffs or public snits. A fourth Alamo irregular, 6-ft. 7-in. Director and Choreographer Tommy Tune, fears that the shorter King will "strike" him: "I go home exhausted and all I can see when I close my eyes is your angry face!" King scratches his head. "That dude grew up on a different planet," he decides...