Word: slow
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...Modern India should be built on merit, not caste," says Dr. Sudip Sen, 34, a Ph.D. student in biochemistry at AIIMS. "What's next - are we going to let a slow runner represent India in the Olympics? No, we are going to send our best runner out for the 100 meters, no matter his caste. It should be the same for all fields...
...discover that she is buried up to her neck on the beach. Cut to the image of a pretty, sad-eyed young woman who's nearly run over by a bus. Then to shots of a girls' volleyball game, their grace and strength italicized by being filmed in slow motion. All this to Antony and the Johnsons' "My Lady Story," a dreamy-sounding, gentle massage of a ballad with scalpel-sharp lyrics ("My lady's story / Is one of annihilation... / I'm a hole in love / I'm a bride on fire / I am twisted / Into a starve of wire...
...While pursuing his winged prey, Wile E. would always end up running off the edge of a cliff. But he wouldn’t fall right away. Instead, his animators usually drew the coyote continuing to run in the air. After a few gravity-defying moments, Wile E. would slow down and take a look around. Realizing that he had left the cliff (and a laughing Roadrunner) far behind, he would plummet to earth...
...rounded the board, landing on GO and collecting $200, he was grim-faced and stoic as always - but slow-motion replays revealed a single tear coursing down his weary face. Whether it was due to the ecstasy or loneliness of being alone at the top, it was a rare moment of vulnerability, and one not likely to be repeated. When he hits 715, don't expect him to turn on the waterworks...
...Corps' standard line of defense in answering critics is that the levees around New Orleans will be "better and stronger" than they were before Katrina and that Congress has not authorized an all-out rebuilding of the entire system. Setliff believes the system is generally capable of handling a slow-moving Category 2 or a fast Category 3. "We know we're making important decisions [that affect] people's livelihoods. We are their engineers. But Congress tells us how to build," he says, refusing to address criticisms that the Corps should be more proactive. People in New Orleans "should know...