Word: slow
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...shown few signs of running on fiscal restraint themselves. In fact, last week one presidential contender, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, tried repeatedly to paint the field's putative front runner, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, as a "balanced-budget freak" and to nail him for once wanting to "slow the rate of growth" of Medicare. Dean bobbed and weaved, proving that he too knows there is no political appetite for a candidate who serves up hard choices. The polls don't seem to give him or his competitors much incentive to do otherwise: fully 72% of Democratic voters...
Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of Harvard’s slow start was the fact that it came during what was, collectively, the easiest eight-game block of the season. Six home games were included in that span, but the Crimson went only 3-3, and its three ECAC losses are one shy of the number it had all of last season...
...glance at the rosters of the two teams might suggest that Harvard—especially without 7’ sophomore center Brian Cusworth—would be too short to match up with Maine’s size. As it turned out, the Crimson guards were a little too slow to stay with Reed...
...help in the world couldn’t slow him down. Reed eclipsed his season average after just 12 minutes and finished the first half with 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field, including a 4-for-5 performance from behind...
...Crimson slowly chipped away at the lead in the second half, holding Maine to 26.9-percent shooting for the frame. But it wasn’t enough to worry the Black Bears, who went to a weave to slow down the game and run out the clock with nearly five minutes to play...