Word: languid
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...mood on the roof was languid. Our heavily armed escorts forgot about their weapons and engaged in the usual journalist-watching - it's sitting up, it's lying down, it's playing with a computer. Patrick Forestier of Paris-Match had a sudden, rare urge to do some work, became disoriented, and tried to interview Franchetti, mistaking him in the dark for a mujahideen. There really are Taliban all around, I had to keep reminding myself, but no one seems to care...
North Pole: The 1999 Arctic Regatta is slowly approaching its final leg. Skipper Bob “Iceman” McGillicuddy cites frozen water as “probably the main cause” of the languid pace. “We had no idea it would be this freakin’ cold,” he explained...
...your home base. It's the newest, best-located hotel in Old Havana. Rather than get rooked by street vendors of cigars, you can shop at the hotel's trustworthy walk-in humidor. There is also a rooftop pool and restaurant with spectacular views of the city. Service is languid, but the hotel employees--a collection of former engineers and accountants who can make more money tending bar or toting luggage--speak English, and most are probably better educated than you. Slip the concierge $20, and you can have all the advice, reservations and drivers you need...
...glances and occasional whispered words. This is not the way their new life was supposed to work out. Moving from Australia to Vientiane with their three young children, aged seven to 15, was to be an exotic adventure in a city of decaying French colonial mansions, golden stupas and languid monks wrapped in saffron robes. Once he had slowed down to the somnolent pace, Kerry felt his job as head of security company Lao Securicor was the perfect transition from soldier to civilian. A military man with a square build and a hard chin, he had spent 20 years...
Friday the 13th,” Cream’s version of “Born Under a Bad Sign,” and all the great variations on “Knock on Wood”: Eddie Floyd’s original languid version, Otis Redding’s energetic soulful version, David Bowie’s glam version, and Amii Stewart’s canonical disco rendition...