Word: lagging
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...sink to the level of this harrowing script. There is no improvisation, no delicious pop culture references, no Williams silliness. Instead, he stays true to an underwritten character that needs a serious injection of humor. As a result of his repressed portrayal, the rest of the performances lag...
Because of the generally long lag between scientific achievements and their recognition by the Nobel committees, Chu said that "as [atom cooling] became a common lab tool, there was a chorus of people who were telling me that I should be getting the Nobel prize...
...championed various kinds of satellite broadcasts, which can cost $2,000 an hour, for long-distance learning. But the Kansans' choice--compressed video-- costs just $30 an hour. Its quality is almost as good as satellite TV, enabling students and teachers to interact with only a slight, almost imperceptible lag. And since transmission occurs over telephone lines, the cost of adding on to the network is relatively...
Perhaps there was a two-minute lag between the purchase of the first cell phone and the establishment of etiquette rules against using the device at the dinner table, taking calls while attending a concert, or making calls from a pew during religious services. But that was only because it was hard to believe that anyone would try. Nobody doubts this any longer. Yet these situations are already covered by the broader mandates of manners that have always applied. Annoying people by making disruptive noises has been on that list since the human body first learned to make nasty sounds...
...should be no excitement over ABC/Disney's move to depict a lifestyle that America already knows exists, he is ignoring the fact that simply because television should reflect life does not mean that it does. Networks, with careful eyes to demographic groups and the mores of middle America, often lag behind the dynamic society. If homosexuality is prevalently accepted (as Oppenheim supposes), then why aren't there more openly homosexual characters? It is because the networks have resisted those depictions and are now finally realizing that they have to catch up and become more contemporary in their portrayals...