Word: slow
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Economically, socially and politically the quality of our lives is bound up with the education of our citizens. While the Kadrmas case obviously does not instantly create a society of illiterates, its precedent clears the way for a slow slide into national mediocrity...
...shelves," said Leonard Riggio, B. Dalton's chief executive officer. "It is regrettable that a foreign government has been able to hold hostage our most sacred First Amendment principle. Nevertheless, the safety of our employees and patrons must take precedence." Though American writers' groups were at first slow to react to the controversy, the 2,200- member PEN American Center later issued a statement in support of Rushdie...
...life in America burns brightest for those who endure the most profound debasement and despair in their native land. While the U.S. today is ill-equipped to take them all in, the dream lives on. For that reaca p16.227son, the immigration wave is not likely to stop or even slow. "People aren't going to write their relatives and say, 'Don't come,' " argues Bishop Fitzpatrick. Nor, despite the burden, is the U.S. likely to turn its back on its history by hanging out a sign that reads NO VACANCY...
...have government efforts failed so miserably to slow the drug trade? Easy answers such as bureaucratic ineptitude and "they're all corrupted by drug money" aren't convincing. Many other countries have succeeded in preventing drugs from becoming a national catastrophe. But our government, as the Washington case demonstrates, has failed because it is unwilling to attack the source of the nation's drug problems: the hopelessness and poverty of the inner city...
Realizing that if elephants vanish, so might tourists, some African nations are determined to slow down the killing. In addition, the animal is a vital part of Africa's unique ecosystem. For eons, elephants have knocked down trees, helping to give Africa its distinctive mix of forest and savanna and opening up the land for other big mammals...