Word: slow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suspension comes easily when Alice is imaginatively introduced at tea. The players move in slow motion, and Mrs. Lidell (China Forbes) frequently breaks into random song about the nitty-gritties of the ceremony. The scene is clever and successful--a strong opening for a first act that later drags...
...Crimson's late arrival may have contributed to its slow start against Columbia, as Harvard fell to the Lions in three sets...
Bush's romance with the right has shaped his approach to foreign policy. The President dismissed Democratic complaints that he has been slow to respond to the dramatic changes taking place in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union with the comment, "I don't want to do anything dumb." That remark has several translations, among them: "I don't want the anti-Communist right to accuse me of giving away the store...
Braden provides just that. At the college, he rewards good performance with cheers and compliments like "Keep that up, and you'll be famous by Friday." Slow learners feel comforted by his gentle way of identifying with their struggle to improve. "Don't forget," he tells his charges, "every day 2 million Americans play tennis and 1 million of them lose...
...companies have been slow to respond to such initiatives. Atlantic Richfield was the first in Southern California; last summer it introduced a clean-burning unleaded gasoline designed to power older vehicles built to use leaded fuel. The Los Angeles-based company said the new brand, Emission Control-1, has been favorably -- if not overwhelmingly -- received since it replaced Arco's leaded gas last month. Edward Reilly, senior vice president for marketing, said EC-1 sales were slightly ahead of previous levels for leaded gas, although the two fuels cost the same...