Word: sluggish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bang, 12 miles from Hanoi, and for once the party line is true. Ten years ago, the heirs of Ho Chi Minh concluded that their country was stagnating and decided to build an internal market while inviting foreign investment. The country still has a one-party state and a sluggish bureaucracy, but overall the economy is booming, tapping the vitality of a population in which 60% are 25 or younger. The friendly, open attitude toward Americans was also striking, despite about 3 million Vietnamese killed during the war. "We wish to close the past and look to the future," said...
...From users, who complain that some of Microsoft's mainstay products, like the latest version of Word for the Mac, have become bloated and sluggish, and that the company's first attempt to create a more "social" kind of software (the much ballyhooed Bob) was too condescending...
...switch to Young America gave Conner's team less than a week to learn to sail the new boat, but that was less risky than sailing the sluggish Stars & Stripes against the swift Black Magic I. "Young America's deck layout is different, but we're getting used to it," said Trenkle. "It's like getting a new car and the knobs are not where you think they...
...second period was more of the same, except in the quality scoring chances category. There were 11 total shots by the two teams, and six of them found the mesh. Sluggish defense and some undisciplined penalties brought the Crimson down...
...first time wrestling competitively in a month," Vitagliano said. "I felt a little sluggish...