Word: slowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clear Eisenhower go-slow line involved considerable political risk. In standing against tax cuts, in heading off dreamboat public-works projects that he thought would ultimately contribute to inflation, Ike was staking the Republican reputation in an election year on his basic faith in the U.S. economy. If he was right, the recession would some day be forgotten, and the pundits would turn happily to the next crisis. If he was wrong, the Democrats would never let the nation forget that they were its true heroes...
...Protestants got off to a slow start about three years behind the Holy See. When Belgium's few Protestants (approximately 90,000) asked the World Council of Churches about a pavilion, they were told they could use the World Council's name, but not its money. Gradually, support for the idea gained ground. The first contribution from overseas was $560 from New Zealand Protestants; among others, the Belgians set themselves a quota of $20,000; a Netherlands committee is halfway to its goal of $26,000; and in the U.S. the United Church Women are raising...
...Emory Cook record called The New Clavichord. The old-fashioned clavichord has a gentle tinkle, but partly through the recording technique, Camp gives such numbers as Wing and a Prayer and Cocktails for Two an ice-edged, splintered sound full of white fire and ghostly glimmer. In Slow Slow Blues he etches some wonderfully spidery lines. The sound is not for everybody, but Camp is convinced: "It brings out the contrapuntal lines. It lends itself to blues beautifully...
...Slow Reader. In Louisville, the public library declared a week's amnesty on fines for overdue books, got one back (Boswell's Johnson) that had been checked...
...could not, however, be sustained throughout such a long work. Mr. Poto, in striving for rhythmic vitality, sacrificed the song-like quality which is the trademark of Schubert, and the grace which a more leisurely slow movement would have had. The brass section was not kept under control, with the result that in the coda of the first movement, for example, the returning theme was lost entirely...