Word: slowness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...More bad news has been streaming across the Goyal's Sony over the past few weeks: India's economic growth rate is expected to slow from 9% to 8% or even less; unfounded rumors that the country's largest private bank, ICICI, had been caught in the subprime mess nearly caused a bank run; Jet Airways, the largest domestic airline, is laying off hundreds. Not the cheeriest atmosphere for a wedding. Goyal is getting married in two months. "I wanted to go to Singapore for our honeymoon, and buy a new car. It's ta-ta to those dreams...
...Health set up an emergency mental-health center in downtown Reykjavík to help citizens distressed by the nation's economic implosion. Located on the second floor of an old health clinic, it stands ready to treat a torrent of mentally anguished Icelanders. As yet, business has been slow. Dr. Ragnar Ólafsson, one of two full-time psychologists assigned to the clinic, was savoring a sandwich alone in his office at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 13. "Not many people have come so far," he says...
...Sagra felt the pinch months ago. "Construction started to really slow in February or March, with the subprime crisis in the U.S.," says Duque, "and that's when the brick warehouses started to fill up." Many brickworks in the area closed for several months over the summer. Most in La Sagra have suspended workers temporarily in a program negotiated with the unions that allows employees to receive unemployment benefits for three months, and then guarantees their return to work. With recession looming, Duque worries about what lies ahead. "That's when we're going to start seeing factories closing...
...than it ever had in the search for more data. The rover is embarking on a long trek to a crater roughly 7 miles (12 km) away. That's about the total amount of ground it has covered since it arrived. Even if it follows a beeline route, its slow speed and the starts and stops it must make along the way limit it to about 110 yd. (100 m) per day--meaning it will need two years to get where it's going. Still, the trip should be easier than it once would have been, thanks to a sister...
...looking somewhat dismal. This year, according to newly released state-by-state data, the number of schools failing to reach testing targets under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was far greater than in any other year. Indeed, children are getting left behind, but not because they’re slow. It’s because the NCLB school bus is trying to go 70 miles per hour in the suburbs. The original NCLB legislation had the lofty goal of bringing every student to proficiency in reading and math by 2014. While the ambition of lawmakers was admirable, the goal...