Word: sluggish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bush Administration also chose its words carefully. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the U.S. was in a "slowdown," while President Bush called the economy "sluggish." Meanwhile, the Commerce Department reported that the GNP grew a weak 1.7% in the July-September period, down slightly from the previous estimate. Most of the growth came before Iraq invaded Kuwait...
Junior Stacie Duncan and Co-Captain Jill Hutchison didn't seem sluggish after each winning three events at Pitt on Saturday. Duncan led the sqaud with first-place finishes in the 1000-M freestyle, 200-M butterfly, and the 400-M individual medley. Hutchison touched first in the 100 and 200-M freestyle, and joined Allison Estes, Stephanie Wriede, and Lynn Kelly to turn in a blistering 200-M medley relay time...
...those who develop Type II diabetes are obese. The tendency of obesity to increase with age largely explains why this disease attacks predominantly people over the age of 40. In obese people, cells quickly become sated and sluggish. They reduce their sensitivity to insulin and, thus, their appetite for glucose. To compensate, the pancreas heroically pumps out more and more insulin. Usually it is able to keep up with the work load. As Dr. Jeffrey Flier, an endocrinologist at Beth Israel Hospital, emphasizes, "Most obese people do not have diabetes." In susceptible individuals, however, obesity can overload the system...
...Crimson showed spurts of intensity, overcoming a sluggish start to take the second game convincingly. It lost an early lead in the third game before rebounding to win a see-saw battle in the fourth...
...buyers in sight. The RTC last week canceled plans for a much ballyhooed November auction of $300 million worth of property that was to have raised sorely needed cash. While the agency attributed the cancellation to disagreements with the auction company, experts pinned part of the blame on sluggish real estate markets and tight credit policies among now cautious lenders. In a sign of the agency's eagerness to unload inventory, Seidman last week urged the government to provide financing for buyers to speed the sale of $50 billion in RTC holdings by the end of the year...