Word: sluggish
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Every once in a while, as they did yesterday afternoon, those in attendance fit the latter category. Armed with JUGS radar guns, they’re much less concerned with the view of a very sluggish doubleheader than they are with the speed of the ball coming off one guy’s hand—in this case, the right hand of Cornell junior Chris Schutt, a genuine prospect with a vicious slider that kept Harvard hitless for the better part of the second game...
Most stocks are expensive today, with an average price-earnings ratio of 19. But a quick military victory in Iraq, and a further celebratory surge in stock prices, would bolster consumer and business confidence and boost the sluggish economy. Alan Levenson, chief economist at fund company T. Rowe Price, expects a healthy annual growth rate of 3.5% in the second half of this year and 4% in 2004, assuming--as any bullish case must--that the war keeps going well and there is no major terror event. Byron Wien, chief U.S. market strategist at Morgan Stanley, says investors who wait...
Even with its healthier lineup, Harvard couldn’t close out games. After dropping a sluggish second game, 30-22, the Crimson rebounded to play an intense third game...
This time appeared to be no different, as a sluggish Hall quickly dropped the first game...
...were a little sluggish at first, but they finished very strong against UNC,” Brand said. “Right now we can only hope UPenn loses one, so [the Ivy Championship] basically comes down to the meet against Yale and Princeton...