Word: slow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slow growth of Hispanic affluence and educational attainment is mirrored in politics and in Government bureaucracies. There are five Hispanics in the House of Representatives, compared with 16 blacks and 22 Jews. The Hispanics are Edward Roybal, 62, of California; Manuel Lujan, 54, of New Mexico; Robert Garcia, 45, of New York; Henry Gonzalez, 62, and Kika de la Garza, 51, of Texas. Since the defeat of the late Joseph Montoya of New Mexico in 1976, there have been no Hispanic members of the Senate. There is only one Hispanic Governor: New Mexico's Jerry Apodaca, and he cannot succeed...
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Trouble is, the scanners and computers needed to reckon the sales are missing. Of the nation's 33,000 supermarkets, only 373 have the new equipment. Meanwhile, the slow pace of the UPC revolution has led to quick check-outs by several firms that had hoped to capture a share of the supermarket automation field. After investing heavily in research and marketing studies, General Electric, RCA, Singer, Bunker Ramo and Pitney-Bowes all chose to cut their losses and quit. Now even Sperry Rand, which had bought out RCA's licenses, has withdrawn...
...Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Deutsche Grammophon) Symphony No. 6 (Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Deutsche Grammophon; 2 LPs). Ozawa's intensity is ideal for the extreme contrasts of the stormily triumphant first symphony. Conducting the grim, immense sixth, Karajan draws amazing color from the orchestra. The slow third movement is a lovely idyl amidst the gloom...
...sounds like an elephant loose at a Victorian tea party. The trombones, trumpets and horns often drown out Hendricks, even though her voice is amplified. Still, Del Tredici has a winning ear. The eerie whoosh of a theremin, a primitive electronic instrument, signals Alice's alarming growth. Tempos slow down and shoot forward, keys slip in and out of place with perfect illogic. An orchestral fugue that accompanies the jury's strident deliberations builds from a contrapuntal quarrel among strings to a glorious jumble of trumpet snorts, tuba blats and whinnying violins. And, near the end, there...