Word: slow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...smaller scale, Califano has also made some strides, not without controversy. Calling cigarette puffing "slow-motion suicide," he has added $8.5 million to HEW's $30 million-a-year antismoking campaign. A reformed puffer, the Secretary is pushing the crusade with the righteous zeal of a convert. He argues that reduced smoking would cut back health problems?and the resulting HEW expenses...
Ranchers are now expected once again to begin building up their herds. Yet by using cows for breeding instead of sending them to market, they will unavoidably cause the shortages to intensify and prices to rise still more. Agriculture Department officials estimate that the climb will not begin to slow down until autumn at best, and it will be the early 1980s before herds are back up to satisfactory size...
Price rises for a few food items should soon begin to slow down?at least somewhat. The wholesale price of fruits and vegetables dropped 1.6% during May, and that should result in better prices for consumers by midsummer. That hardly means the problem is on the way to being solved. After revising its wishful-thinking January guesstimate, the Administration now forecasts a total 1978 food price rise of 8% to 10%, and with a bit of bad weather between now and year's end, even that figure may turn out to be too optimistic...
...movies are busting out all over. Capricorn One is the first decent one of the lot: it kills two hours with a breathless progression of incredible plot twists and daredevil aerial stunts. Even at its silliest-which is quite silly-this thriller makes The Greek Tycoon seem like a slow yacht to China. At its best, Capricorn One almost matches the trashy highs of Coma, the junk movie of the year to date...
...Richardson is ready to start the drive home to Arlington. Tomorrow he will head out to the Hilltop Steak House is Saugus to buy a whole side of beef. Then it will be back to work--a job with the kind of slow-passing hours that lend themselves so well to conversations and recollection...