Word: slow
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...complaints have had political impact. The three nonsocialist opposition parties (Liberal, Center and Moderate) have pledged to halt the trend toward greater government centralization and slow the growth of the welfare state; the nonsocialist bloc has gained considerable strength. Since the 1973 election that left the Social Democrats with only 156 of Parliament's 350 seats, they have had to govern as a minority, relying on the support of 19 Communist votes and occasional deals with other opposition Deputies in order to enact key legislation. According to the latest polls, the Social Democrats' support is down...
...inexperience and obscurity aside, Ballesteros's presence at the top of the leader board was also surprising because up until recently golf has been singularly slow to take hold in Spain...
Sota finished sixth in the 1965 Masters, which remains the highest finish by a continental player. After a two-year bout with rheumatism, he achieved a golfing first of dubious merit during the 1972 Double Diamond Tournament when he became the only professional to ever be penalized for slow play in Britain. This unparalleled humiliation evoked heated resentment on the home front and hastened Sota's untimely retirement...
Since a renewal of inflation could choke off the worldwide recovery, Ford was eager to get his fellow leaders to commit themselves to a go-slow approach to recovery. That is scarcely a policy that entrances voters. As Treasury Secretary William Simon put it: "Preaching moderate growth is like trying to sell leprosy." But Ford had a powerful ally in West Germany's Schmidt, a former Finance Minister who believes that combatting inflation should be the No. 1 priority among the industrialized democracies. By,contrast, Britain and Italy, which are lagging behind in the recovery, would still like...
Pressure is nonetheless building for Sporkin to go slow. In a recent letter to Senator William Proxmire, Commerce Secretary Elliot Richardson was worried about the SEC's "expansive definition of materiality," meaning its prosecution of bribery and kickback cases. That drew a sharp reply from SEC Chairman Roderick Hills, and Richardson backed off -at least temporarily. Characteristically, Sporkin wants to expand his job even further: "We've seen the worst of the overseas scandals but I'm afraid only the beginning of straightforward, old-fashioned bribery and embezzlement here at home. There...