Word: slow
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...slow development of artificial intelligence in the real world, the movie might have made it to the screen before Eyes. "Stanley was eager to get back into the game" after a 12-year hiatus but couldn't decide which film to do first, says Semel. The director even toyed with the idea of having Steven Spielberg direct AI, and the two men discussed the story, but Kubrick decided he wanted to do it after Eyes. Warner owns the rights to the script--just as MGM owns the rights to another Kubrick script, Napoleon--but there are no plans to make...
...developing Asia suffered from an acute, potentially lethal but short-lived fever, Japan suffers from a slow, wasting disease, the result not of the nation's vices but of its virtues. While there are many things wrong with Japan, the immediate problem is excessive thrift: Japanese households simply save more than the country's businesses can be persuaded to invest, even at a zero interest rate...
...environmental Third Way. They've stood up to Everglades polluters like Florida's powerful sugar industry. But they've also taken on ecology groups who complain that the plan won't restore the Everglades to anything like its original condition--an idealistic stance that the Miccosukees say could only slow the project and cloud its focus. "The Miccosukees' role has been prophetic," says Allison DeFoor, Everglades adviser to Florida Governor Jeb Bush. "They've articulated a vision for the Everglades and made it move...
That's the dicey part. Economic turmoil could resurface for any number of reasons. Rising interest rates in the U.S. could slow American demand for goods produced in emerging nations, stifling the recovery. And Asia could collapse again on its own, perhaps misreading this year's higher stock prices as a sign of economic health when the buoyant markets really are just the result of bargain hunting by a lot of speculators. Already there is evidence that Thailand, the first Asian domino to fall two years ago, is ready to declare victory and backpedal on key promised banking and other...
What is the benefit of repeating a grade to a slow learner or a child with a learning disability? You can't successfully use standardized tests for individuals with different learning styles and disabilities. I'd like to see government types in the classroom for a year. I bet they would then have a different perspective. KAREN J. HARRELL Beaufort...