Word: sluggish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that contains a rare recorded example of Caruso's using falsetto, are the most unusual items. A pair of "Celeste Aidas" (1906 and 1908) raises the question of whether every performance even by the recording industry's first superstar deserves resurrection. In the earlier version tempi are sluggish, with a lugubrious beginning and general somnambulance that pervades until the final phrases. The voice, however, evolving from the seamless lyricism of youth to the huge golden sound of maturity, overcomes any serious complaints...
...ways in which low-weight, sluggish bowel movements might contribute to so many diverse diseases are complex and indirect, the Burkitt group concedes. Diverticulosis-in which the large bowel is deeply pitted and fecal material is trapped in the crevices-appears to be directly related to a diet rich in such highly refined carbohydrates as white flour and sugar. Tumors, both benign and malignant, are related to biochemical and bacterial changes caused by long retention of feces. As for heart disease: "Evidence is accumulating that shows that the removal of fiber from the diet raises serum cholesterol levels, a process...
...Administration seems bent on moving only slowly to revive the economy, hoping that sluggish growth and rising unemployment will eventually cause the fires of inflation to burn out. Yet if, as generally expected, unemployment edges up from its present 5.2% to near 6% later this year, the Democratic Congress may impatiently ram through a series of expansionary measures that could well bring on even worse inflation. The Administration cannot expect any outpouring of public support. A Harris Poll released last week before the President spoke showed that 83% of those questioned no longer believe that his Administration can effectively manage...
...means slow growth, sluggish profits, distressing unemployment. So it is not surprising that the old-time religion has been more often preached than followed...
Many newspapers failed even to do that. Some clients of the Los Angeles Times/ Washington Post news service simply failed to run the early Woodward-Bernstein stories, or else buried them. The New York Times, though it did better than most, seemed sluggish. National Editor David Jones recalls: "It was a failure of editing judgment in our Washington bureau and on the national news desk in New York. We didn't perceive early enough the potential ramifications