Word: slow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Perfect Couple Is Robert Altman's 14th film in nine years, his second so far in 1979. He needs to slow down. Although his new movie is easier to take than the last, the ridiculous Quintet, it is still a rushed and tired work. A Perfect Couple does boast a superficial resemblance to Altman's best social comedies, like The Long Goodbye and Nashville, but it has about one-third the energy. The jokes don't fly, the actors don't sparkle, the craftsmanship doesn't dazzle. Altman is merely going through the motions, with...
...housing market has begun to weaken slightly, and auto sales are not moving quite so briskly as they did last autumn. Consumer spending has also begun to slow somewhat, yet inflation, which in February hit an average annual pace of more than 15%, continues unchecked. By Administration estimates, last week's rise in imported oil costs should add another one-quarter to one-half point to the rate...
...cost could be reduced by the development of more efficient ways to produce alcohol. At present, the only proven technique is fermentation, basically the same, slow method that has been used for centuries to make liquor. Gasohol proponents have long been trying to get the government to finance the development of newer methods, and with Carter's help they may succeed...
Rogers and his committee begin with 25 applicants from a high-pressure high school in a prosperous Midwestern suburb. They rapidly reject a dozen students with mediocre grades and below-550 board scores, then slow down. The prospects begin to look alike: board scores in the 600s, class rank in the top fifth. Many applicants from competitive schools realize this and mail in poems, photo albums, homemade cookies, anything to stand out. One student has sent an 8-by-10 glossy of himself water-skiing at a 30° angle, spray flying, muscles rippling. Others have mailed in serious portfolios...
Although affirmative action is an important social tool, it is slow, limited and legalistic, a panel of administrators and professors said yesterday at a Mather House Black Table Colloquium...