Word: sluggish
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...Rain Man,” is not in top-notch form. In “What Just Happened?” the individual scenes creep along, especially during the first third of the movie as Levinson tries to establish Ben’s world. Between the sluggish pace and De Niro’s uninspired acting, there’s nothing to keep audiences’ eyes open other than Levinson’s use of fast cuts to transition between scenes. These cuts create an offputting pace that first lulls the audience into drowsiness and then jolts them awake...
...season with this effort last night in Worcester. “It went well tonight and hopefully we can keep building off of each game and keep getting better,” Fucito said. Harvard’s only losses this year have come midweek. The team has appeared sluggish in recent outings Yesterday, the team came out expecting more. “A lot of times we struggle with midweek games,” co-captain Luke Sager said. “But we got the result tonight.” The Crimson seems to be getting better...
...Crimson (8-3-3, 3-1 Ivy) overcame a sluggish start and early one-goal deficit, putting together a sparkling second half en route to a 2-1 win over the Crusaders (3-12-0, 1-3 Patriot) in its final nonconference game last night in Worcester, Mass...
...result: economists across Europe are writing off 2009 as a year to forget, and some expect the weakness will continue into 2010 and beyond. Consumption will likely be sluggish and business investment soft. In European countries where the real estate market had overheated, including the U.K., Ireland and Spain, house prices are expected to continue tumbling. As the rest of the world also slows, exports will be hit - particularly bad news for Germany, which as recently as the first quarter of this year had served as the motor of Europe, thanks to its surging sales of machinery and other capital...
...European economy will be much better placed to rebound on a healthier footing. But curtailing credit would hurt consumers who are deep in debt, and would have serious consequences for retailers and others dependent on household spending for their livelihoods. If the deleveraging is slow, the economy could remain sluggish for several years, weighed down by debt levels. "It was transfusions of credit that made the economy buoyant, but if there's no growth from credit now, what will support the economy in the longer term?" worries Véronique Riches-Flores, chief European economist at Soci...