Word: slow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Slow functioning delayed the portals' release, originally scheduled for earlier this fall...
...sure did. After playing a solid first 25 minutes, including leading for the entire first half, the Harvard offense grew complacent and slow. Junior center Tim Coleman, who's picked up a lot of the offensive slack in the last week, went from 5-of-9 shooting in the first half to 4-of-11 in the second. While the junior finished with 18 points, his lack of inside aggressiveness led to a total of zero trips to the free-throw line...
Harvard's inability to maintain possession or achieve any kind of penetration kept it away from the free throw line. Northeastern managed 27 free throw attempts as compared to just five for the Crimson, who began using fouls to slow the clock down...
...Columbine, some wounds are slow to heal. The old library is walled off, while the victims' families try to raise the money to replace it by building a new one. The students still have trouble with fire drills. Some report that kids are drinking more heavily now, saying more prayers, seeing more counselors--550 visits so far this year. Two dozen students are homebound, unable, whether physically or emotionally, to come back to class yet. Tour-bus groups have changed their routes to stop at the high school, and stare...
Though he'll continue to modernize older stores, Miller says he'll significantly slow the frenetic pace of expansion and cut back the company's costly advertising blitz. Rite Aid has rescheduled $2.7 billion of its debt, and before long, it should announce a deal to sell PCS. As for the underperforming, oversize stores on the West Coast, Miller insists he will rejuvenate, not unload them. Wall Street announced a measure of approval: Rite Aid stock closed at $11.50, up about $3 for the week. And with baby boomers and senior citizens fueling a boom in prescription drugs, Miller...