Word: lumbering
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...that is now passing from the scene much more than the one that is now emerging," says Andrew Krepinevich, an ex-Army officer who directs the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a Washington think tank. Increasing numbers of enemy missiles will render slower U.S. weapons vulnerable as they lumber to the front. "Crusader, with its bulk and sizable logistics tail," he says, "will not likely fare well in such an environment...
...fairness and fellowship, baseball's World Series pitted brother against brother in a vintage New York City gang war. The image that lingers is not of a titanic home run or a dazzling play at shortstop, but of a large, fearsome pitcher preparing to throw a jagged piece of lumber toward a large, fearsome catcher. In the year 2000, the best of sports was about much more than sports. --Robert Sullivan...
...generally avoid sales tax; if shopping in the real world is your only option, you pay full whack. By 2004, there will also be a digital divide between 29 million households with super-fast broadband Internet access and the online equivalent of the middle class--those who still lumber along on 56K modems. Taken all together, these tiny, day-to-day advantages potentially add up to a class gap of Dickensian proportions...
...earth and their dotcoms disappeared overnight. But then something else dawned. It wasn't just kids from Stanford taking it on the chin. It was us. Suddenly, warning lights are flashing. In recent weeks, everyone from mighty Intel--whose microchips power 80% of the world's computers--to lumber and housewares seller Home Depot has signaled a sharp drop in profits, leading nervous investors to pummel their stocks...
...Poorly received "Thumbless Jim" mascot b) Ace Hardware's chocolate grout c) Price deflation in lumber d) Liability issues with Li'l Billy's Bath-tub Belt-sander...