Word: slow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Editorially, the slow-footed Enquirer is outboxed by the nimble Scripps-Howard Post, which recently backed a successful local campaign to keep proportional representation, over Enquirer opposition. And it still suffers from typographical schizophrenia: modern headlines adjoin archaic one-word holdovers of Civil War days. But the Enquirer can afford to move slowly; it has a monopoly on the morning field. There was a fair chance that the Enquirer's trustees had put too high a price on the paper. Bids, due May 15, might not come within a mile of the $10 million the trustees hoped...
...justify the expenditure of $4.2 billion of ECA's $5.3 billion authorization. EGA had $1 billion as a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and $55 million for stopgap aid already tucked away. But the big balance would have to be approved by Congress again. That might slow down Hoffman's steps. Cautious, tight-fisted John Taber said that he wanted to go over all the European nations' requests carefully, the hearings might take weeks...
...Miracle of Itri. There was little violence. Carabinieri stationed around polling places merely kept the crowds moving (the Reds tried to slow up the voting wherever they could), and minded babies while mothers cast their ballots. Some Communist members of the election boards tried, despite hawk-eyed poll watchers of the major parties, to invalidate ballots-the slightest blemish on a ballot was enough for the purpose. (One Italian columnist implored his female readers to remove their lipstick before wetting the flap of the ballot "just as if you were giving a little kiss to a man with a suspicious...
...second movement it was apparent to all that he was in complete command. The Hindemith piece, a product of the composer's earlier romantic period, is somewhat long for what it contains, nor does it have sufficient unity to bind it together. "In the tempo of a very slow march," the second movement, however, does include passages of great beauty, and the pianist put it forth with unquestioned understanding and competence. The growing excitement, sound, and tempo of the last movement gave Lee a chance to display his talent for emotional playing at its best...
Leak Stopper. Lee Rubber & Tire Corp., noting the slow leak in the market for tires, cut the price of its biggest-selling line of tires by about 15%. Lee thus hoped to meet the competition of U.S. Rubber, Goodyear, B. F. Goodrich and Firestone. In the last month they had announced new lines of second-grade quality tires at lower prices...