Word: slow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Already the Powell case has put subtle pressure on both chambers of Congress to re-examine the rules that govern their members. In the Senate, the slow-moving investigation of Connecticut Senator Thomas Dodd's tangled finances is scheduled to resume next week. In the House, proposals to establish an ethics committee are being pushed with new vigor. Said Massachusetts' Freshman Republican Margaret Heckler: "How can the House slap one member's wrists without holding out all members' hands for inspection...
...others who consort to slow the pace are the butler (Prentice Claflin). Doctor Finache (David Wilkinson), and Antoinette the cook (Honor Moore). Claflin ranges about the stage, making himself disagreeable to the other characters and to us. Feydeau devoted at least several tablespoons of wit to the part, and Claflin ought to do better. Wilkinson's failure is difficult to explain. Physically he is suited to the part of an aging man of science and affair who still has an eye for the chorines. Unfortunately he is always a step or so behind the action, looking on but stepping aside...
Despite his number one seed, Nayar was the only Harvard entrant who did not receive a first-round bye. This quirk of the draw was not enough to slow down the Crimson sophomore, who raced past opponents from Franklin and Marshall and Army in straight games...
...touched off at least six court suits, embroiled filmdom's leading producers, actors and exhibitors, and brought on a barrage of proxy-seeking entreaties that cost the two sides well over $500,000 between them. After the company's raucous four-hour annual meeting ended, the slow process of tallying up the votes of its shareowners finally got under way. The results, due sometime this week at the earliest, could have momentous consequences not only for MGM, but for the entire entertainment industry as well...
...from Foundation money, the Center's only grants and contracts that commit the Center to particular activities. Moynihan would like to reverse this ratio, in order to give the Center more flexibility and independence. But until he is able to attract more "unrestricted funds," he will have to go slow in changing the direction of Joint Center activity...