Word: slow
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Long lines of men wound out of Germany and Von Kluck began his race for Paris and the channel ports. But great events swing upon the most trivial axes. A handful of slow moving men came out to meet the onrushing soldiers and the world came to hear of "little Belgium," of Louvain, and of Albert, King of the Belgians...
Things had to be started quickly. Local officers were to suggest projects, state officials were to 0. K. them, without waiting for approval from Washington. Furthermore, all projects were to be entered upon without contracts which have to be passed on by many legal authorities, and thus slow down any emergency program. No stipulation was made that local authorities had to contribute money, but CWA made many promise to pay the costs of materials...
...shoulder, kills the baby with his own mumbo-jumbo. These events are developed in a sharp atmosphere of authenticity, tautly directed by Arthur Beckhard, expert handler of family groups (Another Language). Good performances: William F. Schoeller as Hofnagel, Jules Epailly as a rival wizard, Victor Kilian as a slow-witted yokel...
...flies, ticks, lice, fleas. Man may contract it from insect bites, or by direct contact with an infected animal. It usually begins with a small ulcer at the point of infection, followed by glandular swelling. Tularemia kills only about 4% of its human victims but illness is painful, convalescence slow. Up to 1924 only 15 human cases of tularemia had been reported in the U. S. As doctors began to recognize it the numbers jumped. Last year alone, there were 1,021 known cases, with some 50 deaths. No specific treatment for the disease was known until last year, when...
...slow game with Exeter, the Freshman basketball team showed no offensive power and were completely over-run by their stronger opponents. The final score...