Word: slow
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...Kosovars home with Milosevic's assent or to threaten an invasion without it. The war could succeed faster if the allies risked their own troops more, but political leaders fear the first body bags would destroy the public support they need to keep the confrontation going. But the slow and uncertain progress from 12,000 ft. is eating away at popular approval anyhow. Pit that against the prospect that if the air strikes fail to move Milosevic, ground troops might have to step in, and what's a poor NATO leader to do? Scramble for a diplomatic...
...battle that erupted in the Senate over gun control has been turned into something of a guerrilla war in the House. After indicating support Tuesday for the general outlines of the new Senate restrictions on guns, House Republican leaders on Wednesday moved to slow down a Democratic move to immediately pass those restrictions. By a 19 to 13 vote, the House Judiciary Committee shot down a Democratic attempt to force a vote on the gun measures this week, opting instead to study the proposals first and aim for a vote in mid-July. Democrats accused the GOP of holding...
...school shootings have combined "to create the worst possible climate for the gun industry," says Time senior writer Adam Cohen. In the House, Republican leaders have finally sensed the political damage that Democrats have inflicted on a party slow to pick up on the rising tide of public resentment. Though GOP leaders do not want to embrace gun control in a rush -- they don?t want a vote until mid-June -- "a decision has apparently been made at the top to get on board," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. Meanwhile, the gun industry is faced with both legal...
Indeed, anything that can prevent or even slow down Alzheimer's will have an enormous impact. Today about 4 million Americans suffer from the degenerative brain disorder, and caring for them costs some $100 billion a year. With the aging of the baby-boom generation, those numbers could triple within 40 years. Warns Bill Thies, vice president for scientific affairs at the Alzheimer's Association: "We are facing an imminent epidemic...
...Alfred Brendel, an artist whose interpretive mastery of the composer continues to ripen. In his latest release, Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos (Philips Classics), Brendel teams with conductor Sir Simon Rattle and the Vienna Philharmonic in exhilarating performances that blend vitality, expressive breadth and, particularly in the five slow movements, spellbinding beauty...