Word: slow
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...during the 1973 coup), the film depicts those people who supported the U.P. coalition, recording their faith in Allende and his policies. When the truckers who formed the basis of Chile's infrastructure went on strike--supported by money from the CIA--these were the people who refused to slow production, who walked to work. These were not the people who decried shortages of consumer goods, set up a black market, and hoarded provisions whenan American trade embargo created a false shortage of foreign exchange with which to import luxury goods. The people who speak in Avenue are those...
...Choice in Cancer Therapy and other right-wing organizations that employ films, pamphlets and evangelizing visits to cancer victims to promote Laetrile. More important is the fact that although doctors can often cure the disease - if it is caught early enough - the battle against cancer has been agonizingly slow. All too often, treatments are extremely expensive (the median cost of a cancer case was calculated in a 1973 study at $19,000), physically painful and, when surgery is required, sometimes permanently damaging. By contrast, Laetrile is portrayed as a simple, inexpensive panacea (about $10 a shot...
...After the crab, it was a slow walk-away until near the end, and then we just stomped on them" number six George Aitken said last night. "We weren't sure exactly what to expect--they'd been training hard for the last week. I was sort of disappointed in them; at the end we just went for the margin...
...Seattle Slew got the first real test of his racing career and handled it courageously to win the 103rd Kentucky Derby by nearly two lengths. His victory was solid, but hardly overwhelming: his time of 2 min. 2 1/5 sec. for the 1¼-mile Derby distance, particularly the slow final quarter-mile, was well off the pace of past champions, even though the track was quite fast...
...piece builds over a slow, droning, continually repeated chordal procession called Musica Mundana (Music of the Spheres). Says Crumb: "I like sounds that never stop." He also likes a good explosion or two. Halfway along comes a percussive cataclysm that shakes the rafters like a latter-day The Rite of Spring. At the end, the glistening harmonics from three solo violins perched high in a rear balcony evoke a paradisiacal kingdom where the chil dren of light will reign...