Word: sluggish
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...sluggish start couldn’t stop the Crimson attack. In a back and forth contest against a tough MIT squad at Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center last night, the Harvard men’s water polo team rallied for a 10-9 victory, pushing their record to 2-1. Despite trailing by a goal heading into the final quarter, the Crimson dug deep and capitalized on late scoring opportunities to hold off the Engineers (3-6). Sophomore Jeff Lee and senior captain David Tune notched critical goals in the final two minutes to give Harvard a 10-8 cushion...
...away. “You never know what is going to happen, we want to win, we want goals,” Sheeleigh said. “And she came out of nowhere to put it in.” After dominating the first half, the Crimson came out sluggish in the second, surrendering an astounding five corners in just the first seven minutes of play. Then only minutes later, Harvard gave the Badgers a sixth attempt on which Wisconsin was finally able to convert. Off of a perfect cross, a diving Badger forward headed the ball in past...
...Indonesia's relatively sluggish performance can be traced to the fall of Suharto - an autocrat who repressed political dissent but who, like other Asian strongmen of his era, was able to guide the country toward prosperity. After he was forced to step down in 1998 amid an economic meltdown, a new government set about erasing his dictatorial imprint; in 1999 an effort began to decentralize the once all-encompassing power of Jakarta, giving provinces and cities more influence over local affairs. Today, Indonesia's political system is more inclusive and remarkably stable. Some 34 political parties will participate in next...
Another potential hurdle: Audi is pushing its superb diesel technology as the best way to cut emissions and lower fuel consumption. But diesels remain a hard sell in the U.S., where memories of dirty, noisy, sluggish diesels of an earlier era linger like smog. Nonetheless, Audi expects that 10% to 15% of its cars sold in the U.S. by 2015 will be diesel...
...intends to commit suicide by her 13th birthday. As the two characters' lives overlap, Paloma comes to discover Renée's secret gifts, and to appreciate her self-effacing elder as having "the elegance of a hedgehog: a real fortress, bristling with quills on the outside . . . deceptively sluggish, ferociously independent, yet terribly elegant...