Word: slow
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pace of the whole performance, from the start of the Procession to the march up the Abbey's aisle, has been prodigiously slow, sedate, the cadence of Empire. King George breaks his tempo when, before being robed in the garments of state and beneath a canopy that screens him from nearly all, he whisks off the red robe that he has been wearing, passes it briskly to the Lord Great Chamberlain, who was supposed to divest him ceremoniously. The Lord Great Chamberlain looks bewildered. Lady Reading, widow of the onetime Viceroy of India, observes: "Like a man handing...
Spring not only gives birth to a child destined to die an early but slow and happy death; it also enlivens the soul of Man. It quickens the beat of his heart and draws the dopey poison of winter from his veins. Man is momentarily aware of joy. For a moment he lefts his eyes from his book, takes his glass from his lips, or looks away from the little white ball on the tee and embraces a nebulous, exhilarating something. He is filled with urgings. Surely it is either a strong-willed or unfeeling individual who can learn chemical...
...expert and inspiring lecturer. The laboratory work in run on a rather hypocritical basis, however. The students are judged on what they have accomplished in a required six hours a week, and while many of them take considerably longer, fall to say so far fear of being considered slow...
...order to become a serious contender for the championship, Mitchell must find or develop another pitcher. A1 Colwell, veteran catcher, has an excellent slow ball and slight curve, but his ability to last nine innings is uncertain. With Dick Walsh and Don Prouty evidently unable to make the grade, Mitchell's only alternative is Slim Curtiss, who hurled winning ball for the undefeated Freshman nine last year...
Hammered for 12 hits, Gus Rook tolled for six innings with his slow ball mercilessly pounded by the Crimson batters. In the first of the seventh Callahan took the mound for the Huskies and retired the Varsity easily, with Dave Shean and Dave MacIntosh fanning, and Lupe Lupien caught at second after singling to third...