Word: laggardly
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...unified command of satellite armies to offset SHAPE. He waved Russia's H-bomb: "U.S. aggressive circles have miscalculated once again . . . The matter has progressed so far that in the production of the hydrogen weapon ... it is not the Soviet Union but the U.S. which is ... the . . . laggard...
...British Medical Journal. A comparative survey of 700 children (half of them premature, the rest normal) showed that 40% of the premature babies had reached normal height and weight by the age of four. They were all children of average-sized mothers (average 63½ in., 135 lbs.). The laggard 60% were children of small women. Concluded the report: "The height of a mother gives a better indication of the likely growth pattern of her premature baby than does her baby's weight at birth, the medical history of pregnancy, or the length of gestation...
...school he was a laggard in mathematics and was put in a special class, where he was made to do sums in his head. The lessons stuck, and he now astounds people with his memory for figures and lightning-like calculations. Schoolmate Sid Richardson, who is five years older, spent his spare time trading cattle. Sid taught Clint so much about cattle trading that Murchison was able to run a crippled heifer into $1,500 by the time he entered Texas' Trinity University...
...ranges from commercial aircraft to zinc. While it covers many vital raw materials that are likely to become short at the outbreak of war, it also includes such important capital goods as locomotives and tankers that are needed in the long-range execution of a war. Among the worst laggards on this list are taconite, 70% behind the goal; titanium, 50% behind; freight cars, 31%; diesel locomotives, 39%; ocean-going ore carriers, 97%, tankers, 74%. The trouble is that in most of the laggard categories industry is being deliberately cautious. Some of the items, such as copper and lead...
...once laggard third in radio and television's Big Three is coming up in the world. Eight months ago, the American Broadcasting Co., $7,500,000 in debt, merged with United Paramount Theaters (combined assets: over $144 million) in the biggest transaction in broadcasting history. For ABC, it was a spectacular shot in the arm and its first real chance to match bankrolls with NBC and CBS. With its new wealth, ABC promptly paid off its debt and set to work building programs (primarily for TV) and harvesting new affiliates (latest total: 158 TV stations, 363 radio outlets...