Word: slow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...might be considering ways to further restrain consumer credit. The President was granted authority in 1969 to ask the Fed to apply such restrictions during periods of high inflation. Yet these would primarily affect the buying of homes, cars and other expensive items, sales that are already beginning to slow...
...means evolution, not revolution," says one feminist. If the slow, costly and erratic accumulation of court decisions seems barely past the protoplasmic stage of evolution, feminists in ERA states insist that it is only part of a much larger change in attitudes. Shoshana Cardin, head of the Maryland Commission for Women, points to the 28 women serving in the state legislature (eleven of whom are new this term) as evidence of Maryland women's "greater sense of opportunity and equality...
...Freshman Dean's Office delayed the announcement of Housing assignments a day because many freshman turned in their applications late, and Houses were slow in completing their resident lists for next year, Susan A. Neer, housing officer, said yesterday...
Town meetings have been criticized by many as a slow, unwieldy form of government, and they are. They come but once a year, and if a major issue arises at another time of the year the only recourse is to ignore it or call a special session...
Side Two consists of two thoughtfully reworked Mingus standards and a poignant new ballad that surely ranks among his best. "Devil Woman" was first recorded in 1961; it is basically a slow blues, but this arrangement takes so many unexpected rhythmic turns that the performance required the composer's help in counting off the choruses. Guitarist Larry Coryell shines among the soloists, reaching way back into blues history for a solo that matches the spirit of the piece. "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" goes back to 1959, when Mingus recorded it on his Blues and Roots album. This arrangement begins...