Word: slowness
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...meaning, is it receptive to a pull on the reins? Will the horse go boldly into the wall, or will it balk? Are there other horses on the field it doesn’t like? Does the horse play smaller than it looks, or is it slow and unengaged, perhaps on the sluggish side...
...ventures into social media have been less successful. Last September, the Director of National Intelligence rolled out a social-networking site called A-Space, with linked video and photo programs. A-Space has some 8,619 accounts, all of them top secret, but insiders say it is troubled and slow to get off the ground; at one point it was suspended because particularly sensitive intelligence was misused. New efforts at tagging and instant-messaging have also been slow. (Read "Six Ways...
...Theodore C. Bestor, chair of the anthropology department, said that in light of a slow-down on staff hiring this fall, he would see a staff retirement within the department as a loss as well as a saving...
Although Harvard slashed the number of its faculty searches from 50 to 15, Princeton joined Yale in refusing to slow down hiring despite the financial downturn...
...young bachelor’s home, where, as she declares to Akira in a letter, she will finally be “useful.” Gondry excels at bringing his signature magic to the story. In particular, the film within the film, and especially Hiroko’s slow transformation into a chair, are rendered with the puppeteer’s elbow-grease so common in Gondry films. And while in the past dialogue has rarely been Gondry’s strong suit, here the chemistry between the young couple—and between the couple and the city...