Word: sluggish
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...workers can shirk their duties without fear of dismissal or reductions in pay. Their jobs are assigned, often regardless of ability or skill; indeed, most aspects of their careers are controlled by their bosses. "Because of these practices," says Qingdao Mayor Guo Songnian, "workers are slouchy and enterprises are sluggish. The job-contract system aims gradually but substantially to solve this problem...
...Captain Wendy Zeeben, Electa Sevier and Laurie Hauber each pitched in with second-half goals yesterday, after the Crimson rolled off 1-95 and played what Scalise tabbed a very sluggish first stanza...
...reason the TIME economists are not predicting a recession is that the employment picture has improved, even in the face of sluggish growth. In August the U.S. jobless rate fell from 6.9% to 6.8%. It was the third successive monthly decline, and it brought the unemployment rate to its lowest level since January. The economists expect the jobless rate to hover around 6.7% through the end of 1987, far below the 9.7% peak reached...
...Sluggish," Crimson Coach Bob Scalise said of his team's performance in the scoreless first half, "not too much energy...
...eastern Washington are typically rugged farmers, loggers and miners who work hard for a living. But if Washington Water Power, the region's main utility, has its way, some of them may be turning into laid-back sybarites, luxuriating their leisure hours away in hot tubs. The area's sluggish economy has led to a slump in electricity usage, so W.W.P. is trying to boost energy consumption by offering customers $250 in cash toward the purchase of a new hot tub. Utility officials say that each tub uses about 5,200 kW-h per year, roughly equivalent to the amount...