Word: slow
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...paucity of fans that come to the weekend doubleheaders. Instead, we sharpen our bookmaking skills by setting the line on first pitch attendance. You’re usually safe taking the “under,” no matter how low the mark is placed. Long, slow afternoons also offer plenty of chances to bone up on obscure baseball knowledge, such as the identity of the lesser-known member of Cincinnati’s “Nasty Boys” bullpen trio of 1990 that stumped most of the team for hours (Norm Charlton, for those scoring from...
...Experimental travel has been slow to take root outside of a small circle of devotees. According to Latourex (or the Laboratory of Experimental Travel, established by Henry), there are currently 1,000 experimental travelers worldwide. But with the publication of the Lonely Planet book?which presents 40 of Henry's best experiments along with a potted history of his exploits?all that could change, so the streets may soon be full of people wearing horse heads (Horse Head Adventure) or riding penny-farthings (Anachronistic Travel...
...very different, but complementary plays (“The Man Who…” written by Peter Brook and Marie Helen Estienne and “The Man Who Turned Into a Stick” by Kobo Abe) for a unified and touching effect. Although initially slow-paced, the strong performances by the small five-person cast, marked by its versatility and physicality, overcome this early slow start...
While emotionally moving, the repetitive patient-doctor scenarios contributed to a first half was oppressively slow and the dramatic production device of a moving TV, which flashed the name of the particular disorder, was very distracting. However, the second one-act was much more engaging in color, movement and style...
...offensive explosion unparalleled this season, the Crimson overcame a slow start with a seven-run third inning and went on to win Game 2 decisively in five innings...