Word: slow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...know whether the fire departments in our towns do as good a job as they should? We see the engines tearing down the street, we see streams of water directed against the burning building, and ultimately the fire goes out. Who of us knows whether the firemen were unconsciously slow in putting out that fire and whether, therefore, entirely unnecessary damage resulted, or on the other hand were extraordinarly quick and effective and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property and a good many lives by their skill and courage...
...words of the prime minister may be prophetic: "I do not know who will succeed us, but whoever does will find it impossible in the present state of Europe to go on without conferences. The world is so battered, bruised, and crushed that the cure will be a slow one and will need many consultations of its leading physicians...
...played on Monday night, however, the first act proved a trifle slow. The stern, undemonstrative nature of the Doctor, his devotion to the Mannering family, the "no attachment" clause in the contract with the German University-all the necessary facts, in short-are brought out, but the act falled to move with just that sureness and "drive" which are needed to get the material over to the audience. There is a bit of interesting action toward the end, and the curtain could hardly be bettered...
...attend him going into business or professional life. He will not be able to impress his personality immediately on great numbers of experienced men; he will not be able to achieve the millenium in a minute; he will have a hard time making even desirable changes. It will be slow work. Anybody can sit at a desk and create Utopias ad lib. We must remember that the law stating that momentum equals mass times velocity applies as well in politics as in physics, and that a man speaking for a million voters, the leader of a great party...
...what was easily the best bout of the evening. The excitement was intense when Daggett took a count of seven in the first round, getting up only to drive home two blows which sent McLeod to the mat in succession, the gong finally saving him. The third round was slow until the knock-out blow which declared Daggett again the champion...