Word: sluggish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson was able to overcome a sluggish first half and erase a nine-point halftime deficit within the first four minutes of the second period. Behind the three-point shooting of Feaster and junior point guard Jessica Gelman, Harvard pulled to within one point of URI and then took a 46-44 lead on a clutch trey by Proudfit...
Boston College was more aggressive in a sluggish second period of play, getting off 22 shots to Harvard's 13. But the period ended with the teams still deadlocked at 0-0. The offensive frustrations for both teams threatened to make the game the first scoreless tie for Harvard since...
...touring professional team from Slovakia showed a certain savoir faire shooting the rock, connecting on 62 percent from the field. Although Harvard jumped out to a 11-2 lead early in the first quarter, the uncharacteristically sloppy and sluggish Crimson squad succumbed to the Cassovia's blitzkrieg, 85-64. Harvard's laissez-faire defense essentially handed Cassovia a carte blanche, entitling the Europeans to convert 20-of-29 field goal attempts in the first half...
...October, the first decline in three months. The decline was buffeted somewhat by a sharp rebound in new car sales as automakers rolled out their 1996 models. Excluding autos, sales were down 0.5 percent last month. Hardest hit: department and clothing stores, a troubling sign of a potentially sluggish holiday season for retailers...
...middle-income wages remain sluggish and inequality keeps growing, economic populism could become a big political movement. But any Republicans who joined it would start with a handicap: "Republican economic populist" has long been considered a contradiction in terms. And Pat Buchanan provides no clear reason to change that judgment...