Word: slow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ailes has been coaching Bush since 1985, teaching him to slow his speech and keep his voice from rising to a reedy whine. At Ailes' urging, Bush painfully learned what not to do by watching hours of his awkward TV appearances. Ailes spent a week priming Bush for his announcement speech and was with Bush before the Rather interview, which Ailes had insisted be live, and suggested the cool counterpunch about Rather's walkout. "If a reporter is bullying you, the viewers at home may start to root for you," Ailes advises in his book You Are the Message...
...forward with robust sales increases, IBM has plodded along (1987 revenues: $54.2 billion, up just 8% in a two-year period). IBM has tried to become lighter on its feet by cutting staff, modernizing factories and streamlining its process for getting new products to market. But results ! have been slow in coming. Last year's profits of $5.3 billion were 20% below the 1985 level...
...Cambridge's most distinctive vehicle, bearing its most distinguished citizen. In the motorized wheelchair, boyish face dimly illuminated by a glowing computer screen attached to the left armrest, is Stephen William Hawking, 46, one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists. As he skillfully maneuvers through the crowd, motorists slow down, some honking their horns in greeting. People wave. "Hi, Stephen," they shout...
...feels pretty good after my slow start," Murphy said. "I'd like to keep it going. I was playing well at the beginning of the season. It was just a slump. I'm not playing any differently now than I did then...
Senior center Eric Mitchell has had to fill the very large shoes of one Chris Dudley, last year's Ivy Player of the Year, and currently a member of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. Mitchell has come on strong after a slow start, averaging 11 points and five rebounds in the last 11 outings after scoring a total of 15 points in the first five contest...