Word: sluggish
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...credit of [India's] princes that the sluggish millions have been forced to bestir themselves and bring to light the fabulous natural resources for which the land has ever been famed...
Indiana. All 13 sitting Congressmen (10 Republicans, 3 Democrats) were renominated in a sluggish contest...
...Saturday Review of Literature. The essay, Perry-patetically called "Salmon Not Running," concluded that "big" books, like big fish, must be awaited in patience but are worth the trouble when they appear. Said he: "I once asked an old fellow in a military cloak, watching his line in a sluggish stream in Alsace, 'What kind of a fish are you expecting to catch?' 'All kinds,' was his gruff but very proper answer....I confess that I do not care to hear a publisher shouting from his crow's nest 'There she blows!' when I have reason to think that...
...awards. Past experience has shown that under the old method of choosing scholars by states on alternate years many desirable men have lost the opportunity to benefit by the scholarships, and at the same time second-rate students have carried off the honors in states where the competition was sluggish. By dividing the states into eight districts these flaws should be removed, as annual competitions draw the best men from the entire country...
...Saturday Review of Literature. The essay. Perry-patetically called "Salmon Not Running." concluded that "big" books, like big fish, must be awaited in patience but are worth the trouble when they appear. Said he: "I once asked an old fellow in a military cloak, watching his line in a sluggish stream in Alsace, 'What kind of a fish are you expecting to catch?' 'All kinds,' was his gruff but very proper answer. ... I confess that I do not care to hear a publisher shouting from his crow's nest "There she blows!' when...