Word: slow
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...hardships and losses I’ve witnessed—whether individually felt, communally experienced or both—it was the near death of my best childhood friend that dealt the most crushing blow. The slow, natural dissolution of our friendship over the years had been a great loss, but her accident and consequent medical trauma truly shook me to my core because it showed me how much, and for how long, I’d missed...
...accident came long after the bonds that held our lives together have dissolved and the organic unity of our childhood camaraderie had split, like a cell undergoing a slow, painful and natural mitosis. Old friends are like that—they are the sadly familiar faces you see in the hallway, the ones that dapple the photographs you wish your mother would take off the mantle, the ones that elicit pangs of regret on graduation night...
...Things have been slow in terms of escort numbers. Lots of people are walking in groups more,” Schledier said...
Analysts doubt that any protectionist strategy will slow what appears to be a permanent shift in the way the U.S. does business. As Mankiw tried to explain before he was shouted down by fellow Republicans, structural change like this is inevitable and recurring. It's just that the transition can be ugly. New England was a textile center until that business went south, to the Carolinas, then east, to China. Software supplanted steel in Pittsburgh, Pa. In both places, high-tech companies later occupied some of the old mill buildings. Now some of those companies' programmers have gone...
...likely to win what at this year's Academy Awards [Feb. 9], Richard Corliss noted that in the Best Picture category, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King "plods a bit" but Master and Commander "soars." Although there are thrilling moments in the latter film, its slow beginning and almost complete lack of character development (especially compared with Patrick O'Brian's books) left me feeling let down. But The Return of the King had unforgettable images, amazing heart and a thrilling conclusion. It is a stunning example of literature brought successfully to the screen...