Word: lagged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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TAKEN JUST IN itself, Nate Shaw's account of his life does lag at times, as would any account of any life. Shaw often goes through entire paragraphs explaining how he is distantly related to people who come up only peripherally in his story. The hundreds of interrelated names in the book are impossible to keep track of and only give a general impression that Shaw lived in a tightly circumscribed community. Only twice--in passing references to Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt--does Shaw mention anyone outside his native county in Alabama...
...warms up for each game by gulping down a secret mixture of Korean ginseng and honey, and expects to emerge victorious. "I'm younger than he," says Oh politely, "and I'm afraid Mr. Aaron would have to suffer from jet-age time lag." Oh, Hank...
REAL GROWTH will lag. The economists expect it to be slightly negative or flat in the first half. There should be an upturn toward the end of the year created by increases in consumer spending and somewhat improved conditions in housing. Nevertheless, 1975 will probably mark the second consecutive year of a decline in output, a lull unmatched in a generation...
...Coop has so far managed to avoid any adverse effects from the problems of inflation or recession, Davis added, "but the retail sector usually enjoys a lag in bad times so we have to be cautious...
...gives me a bad case of jet lag to think that the Government may have to provide a "temporary" subsidy to keep Pan Am aloft. The list of private companies kept alive with public funds must not be allowed to grow...