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Word: slow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...traffic lanes into the center, thus widening out space along the street In addition. changes will be noted at the regular kiosk stop. The architects, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, have come up with a snazzy-looking station that overall resembles the fifth floor of Macy's on a slow day. The old entrance at the kiosk will be completely converted into a newsstand, and the new entrances will be at the Square, Church Street. Facilities will include a special elevator for the handicapped at all station stops...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: A Not-So-Rapid Transit Extension | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

Another sort of slow day. Smoke dope, play frisbee all day, or lie in the sun, if there is any. there usually isn't any. There are a couple of Freshman Trips, leaving at 9:30 for the Boston Museum of Fine arts and the Revolutionary War sites at Lexington and Concord, but you're bound to have more fun if you go on your...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Welcome to Freshman Week--How About a Game of Catch? | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...there. But after an explosion, parish officials put pressure on her to have them evicted. As in most things, what really matters is how Chalin Perez feels. Father Michael Haddad, who runs a group that coordinates the resettlement of Vietnamese, says, "Perez is quick to enforce the law but slow to be accommodating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: The Legacy of a Parish Boss Lives On | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

...theory, no single energy source has seemed more promising than fusion, the process by which science seeks to kindle the same nuclear fires as those in the sun. But until recently, progress has been painfully slow; fusion is not expected to produce power before well into the 21st century. Now an experiment at Princeton University has ignited new optimism about the future of fusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fuss over Fusion | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

...hooked the lines to towering outriggers and began a slow drift that would take us 30 miles north before dawn. The once deserted sea suddenly seemed like a freeway at rush hour. Huge tankers glided out of the night, quiet as cats. Flickering orange lights marked the miles-long strands of line set by commercial fishermen. A minicity blossomed around us -the lights of other fishing boats, and perhaps a marijuana smuggler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stalking the Broadbill | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

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