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Word: slower (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even during the few slower numbers that Joel interspersed throughout the performance, he managed to maintain the emotionally charged energy of the rest of the show. "Lullaby," off the new album, seems destined to be a classic, and the choice to segue directly from the slower moving ballad to his new single, "A River of Dreams," enabled him to get the crowd swaying to its compulsive beat without loss of momentum...

Author: By Jeannette A. Vargas, | Title: Joel Takes the Garden By Storm Once Again | 9/23/1993 | See Source »

...fork out 8 pounds and receive a ticket that will let me in between 9:45 and 10 a.m. A semidignified rush to the back of the palace, where yet another queue, slower than the first, has formed. We are filtered through security -- real security, not the flimsy check you get at airports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buckingham Palace: 18 Rms, No Royal Vu | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

Assuming the bus would be slower off the mark than the cars in front of me, I allowed myself to think that the enemy was vanquished. But no! The cars were in fact more slothful than their more massive counterpart. Nevertheless, as my opponent gave the smoking bus some room before he hit the gas, I executed a brilliant maneuver worthy of the most savvy of Cambridge drivers--the "blinkerless-half-in-half-out-cut-off-from-the-right-lane...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Don't Leave Home--If You're Not in a Tank | 8/10/1993 | See Source »

...First Time" is reminiscent of some of their slower, more melodious "Achtung Baby" tracks, probably because it explores the theme of love and emotional commitment that pre-dominated that album...

Author: By Jeannette A. Vargas, | Title: 'Zooropa'a Bizarre New Turn for U2 | 7/9/1993 | See Source »

...Order has not so much progressed as consolidated. Time and success seem to have brought the band out of its hermetic shell and into a bigger, if not always brighter, dimension. The new songs still seethe with catchy keyboard and guitar hooks and foot-happy beats; even the slower numbers are propelled by a steady rhythmic pulse. But the narcissistic intensity of the lyrics has evolved into a more compassionate outlook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Human Touch | 6/28/1993 | See Source »

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