Word: slowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Finally, two hours a week are spent in "lectures" under senior faculty members. In these lectures, specific phonetic and grammatical difficulties are discussed, and students may ask questions about the structure of the language that might slow up the drill sessions or stump the native instructors...
...shade of meaning) the total drama shows the dignity and worth of "nigger Jim." Indeed, Huck's own moral growth is a function of his affection and respect for Jim. Other whites show badly in comparison as Jim teaches Huck not mere tolerance, but love. That the process is slow and painful and that it takes place in a still-enslaved South provide a realism which enhances the educational value of the book as a humane document...
...swivel-necked softball fans saw a faster, flashier brand of ball than many a big-league booster has seen all season. The slow, playground pastime of Depression days has speeded into an organized sport of fierce and popular competition. There is nothing soft about it; even the big, hand-filling softball itself is hard as a regulation baseball...
Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore (40, going on 46), world's most successful practitioner of the art of athletic geriatrics, was a little slow sweating down to size for his title fight with Challenger Tony Anthony, 22. But ageless Archie finally got down to the 175-lb. limit, hiked up a high-waisted pair of bloomerlike trunks that protected his belly, and went to work. Tony never had a chance. The old man's cunning kept the young man's blows bouncing off arms and shoulders. When Archie rolled out of his shell, his still-swift hands...
Luther's slow rebellion during the next decade is a puzzling, fascinating story to theologian and psychiatrist alike. Tentatively, the earnest, orthodox-minded monk began to stray from the fold-and with every step he took, a new, hidden facet appeared in his character until he became the very opposite of his former self...