Word: slowness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with its financial sector in tatters. How could an already weakened greenback maintain its value as American economic prowess withered? But then - surprise! - investors around the world decided the good old greenback was a safe haven in a time of great uncertainty. The dollar was resurrected, reversing years of slow decline...
...Jaffe over a plodding guitar line that sounds as if it’s plucked from an early Robert Johnson recording. Featuring a singing saw—an instrument whose existence is easy to forget, but whose presence is impossible to ignore—the song feels like a slow drive down a pitch-black southern road in the heart of autumn. It’s hauntingly beautiful and the traditional sounds it employs are not often heard in modern music...
...pace of the game is slow. That is not to say dull—it certainly isn’t—but time moves differently while in session. If reality is the pace of a city, Dungeons & Dragons is the pace of somewhere rural and southern...
While such a notion would likely slow most of us down, it seems to speed Mitchell up, torn groin and all. It is evident from his play this season that he is immune to excuses, and addicted to his teammates...
...Lisbon Treaty, which comes into effect on Dec. 1, will allow the E.U. to streamline many of its voting and decision-making procedures to alleviate the bureaucratic tangles that slow the organization down. It will also create a European Council president and a new foreign policy chief and strengthen the powers of the European Parliament. (See pictures behind the scenes of Obama in Europe...