Word: slow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tourist goes by plane or boat, to London, Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, with one and a half days for detours. Costs: $650 to $1,130 by ship, $785 to $985 by plane. But warned Reed: "Anyone who goes just for fun will be sorely disappointed." Transportation in Europe is slow and crowded, hotels below prewar standards. Food is scarce and monotonous almost everywhere. Only in Switzerland, hardly touched by the war, is touring up to prewar. In general, hotel rates are up, but comparable to those in the U.S. Typical rates: $5 a day double at London's medium-priced...
There was no doubt that slim, dark, 30-year-old Dorothy L. Burns was desperately ill. But what had caused her chest pains, coughing spasms, and the slow fibrous degeneration of both lungs...
Nevertheless, millions of Russians who have discovered, via the Red Army abroad, that almost all other nations live better than they do grumble at the slow rate of improvement. In a police state, grumbles are harder to hear-and far more important-than in a free country. Dissatisfaction creeps out in art, literature, and even in the circus. Two samples from last week's Moscow scene...
Dobujinsky's Newport water colors looked like stage sets for a slow-motion ballet of ghosts in frock coats or lowcut, glittery gowns...
PITTSBURGH, December 8--The back-to-work movement of the United Mine Workers, after a 17-day walkout that spread slow paralysis through a large part of the nation's economic system, gained momentum tonight with many miners voting to resume their jobs tomorrow...