Word: slow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Monty. Eisenhower has a few words of appraisal on both the strength and weakness of his first lieutenant, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. His holding of the Caen hinge position was "masterly," but the old master was slow at the tape-the offensive launched from Caumont did not jump off soon enough. Emphatically, Eisenhower did not want Monty (or anybody else) as commander of all ground forces; he is sure that he did right in retaining that control himself...
...Slow Clocks, Heavy Matter. Obviously, something is wrong, for even Relativity does not abolish simple arithmetic. Einstein's daring conclusion was that only the speed of light is invariable. When the speed of a body changes, its dimensions and its mass and its time also change. As it speeds up, it shrinks (in the direction of the motion); its clocks slow down; its matter grows heavier. If the earth were to reach a speed of 161,000 m p s, every pound of matter in it would double in weight...
...painfully shy, introsoective, and so slow in learning to speak that his parents feared he was subnormal. At school he was a poor student. But he learned to improvise on the piano, and used to make up religious songs which he would hum in his own room where no one could hear...
...American's Board Chairman C. R. Smith put most of the blame fdr the slow selling issue on the public's lack of faith in the future of aviation. He angrily blamed that on pessimists in the aviation industry. Said he: "This whole job [of raising capital] has been made more difficult by some people in our business. . . . Airplane manufacturers, including companies from whom we are buying airplanes, have expressed the opinion that the airline industry . . . has 'overbought'. ... It is unfortunate that some people in this business ... do not really believe...
...Slow Time Recorded...