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...first electronic dictionaries and spell checkers were gizmos that came into being not because they were needed but because they were possible. The electronic brains in early models were so puny and sluggish that people thumbing through real dictionaries often took less time than the computers to find the right words; and sometimes the machines failed to find them...
...defense like that which carries teams through sluggish nights offensively...
...main reasons for the MIA industry's persistence was the government's initially sluggish effort to get to the bottom of the mystery. For years, the Pentagon turned over the question of missing Americans to defense-intelligence agencies more accustomed to concealing secret information than to guiding bereaved relatives through a thicket of classified and often conflicting reports. This heavy-handed approach not only angered relatives of missing servicemen but also fueled the suspicion and frustration that the MIA industry exploits...
After a somewhat sluggish first period with many of its players shaking off the flu bug, the Crimson's offense exploded for five goals in the second and third periods...
Part of the problem, of course, was the 20-day layoff. Harvard's last game priot to the Detroit trip was a December 7 tie (2-2) against Cornell. That certainly threw Harvard out of synch, which would explain Harvard's somewhat sluggish skating and somber power play performance (2-for-12 in both games...