Word: sluggish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...later when an attempted pass from behind the cage bounced off of a defenseman's skate. But the turning point of the game came soon afterwards when a St. Lawrence defenseman earned himself a five minute major penalty for drawing blood on Bob Havern. Harvard's power play was sluggish, but McManama finally capitalized with a slap shot from just inside the blue line...
...heighten the contrast between himself and his sluggish, dissolute predecessor, Bhutto kept to an exhausting 18-hour-a-day schedule. The whirlwind of activity was designed not only to solidify his one-man rule over Pakistan, but also to restore the shattered confidence of his countrymen. He has purged the bureaucracy as well as the armed forces, firing, among others, the attorney general, the chief of intelligence and the governor of the state bank. He has outlined plans for land reform, free primary education and an improved public health program...
...lends substantial clout to a firm that already had resources far beyond those of its closest competitors, Bache & Co. and Du Pont, Glore Forgan & Co. In 1970, for example, when many brokerage houses were barely treading water, Merrill Lynch posted earnings of $40.7 million; what it lost on its sluggish stock business it more than made up in other operations like the trading of commodities and Government bonds. When the final figures are in, its performance for last year will be even more spectacular. In the first nine months, its earnings climbed to about $50 million on revenues...
...were these people, these musicians that were capable of offering rock music its one last chance for survival? Perhaps most significantly, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were there, marking the first time two Beatles had appeared on stage together since 1969. That, if anything, would kick life into a sluggish art form. And if more were needed, Bob Dylan was there sporting a new social consciousness. (Something he would pursue with his single "George Jackson"). Billy Preston brought along his own brand of soul, while Eric Clapton and Leon Russell, never to be left out of any meeting...
...thing, the sports compacts got too big and expensive. Since 1964, the Mustang has grown 8 in. longer, 6 in. wider, and 630 Ibs. heavier, and its price has risen by $400, to about $2,800. Moreover, Government-required pollution-control devices are making the sporty cars sluggish. The toughest blow has come from the insurance companies, which have steadily raised the premiums on drivers of "high-performance" cars, including the sports compacts, because they-or at least their drivers-tend to be accident prone...