Word: sluggish
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Fanning's software, released last August, included the features that made Napster a millennial college trend: live chat and MP3 indexing combined with fast, clean file sharing that bypasses your computer's sluggish send-mail program. It wasn't revolutionary so much as ingenious, linking existing concepts rather than breaking new programming ground. The day Fanning put the software online via a server at his uncle's office, he knew he had a huge hit: "As soon as we were up we were getting blasted with traffic." The company claims its user base growth rate has been between...
...surged by $100 billion since 1998. That deficit, of course, is a symptom of America's unparalleled prosperity in a world economy still recovering from the Asian economic meltdown - the U.S. economy's roaring 6 percent growth rate makes it a voracious consumer of imports, while world markets remain sluggish when it comes to buying American products. But while it may be a symptom of U.S. good times, the current account deficit also threatens bring those good times grinding to a nasty halt...
...sluggish game overall, but we played some good defense," said sophomore guard Drew Gellert, who leads the team in steals...
Whether served as raw sushi, grilled steak or in thin smoked slices, most of the salmon you eat these days is not the sleek sport fish that has been a favorite of anglers since Izaak Walton but rather a chunky, sluggish creature raised in captivity. Indeed, salmon caught in the wild accounts for less than half of all salmon sold...
...Hawks jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead, taking advantage of the Crimson's sluggish floor defense...