Word: sluggish
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There's a perfect storm brewing on Europe's horizon - a combination of tentative markets, sluggish growth prospects, and a demographic time bomb that will see the ratio of workers to retirees plummet dramatically over the next 40 years. The result; as state budgets shrink, Europe's consumers will have to rely more on themselves for things they once took for granted - like retirement benefits and comprehensive health care. For some, that will mean entering the investment culture for the first time - just when the outlook is bleak. For others, it will mean holding their noses and forging ahead despite...
...play started with a hard shot from the slot which Danis turned aside. Having already logged a high portion of the game’s 85 minutes, most of the skaters on both sides were sluggish; Moore was not. He collected the rebound that Danis could not hold and skated around behind the net, emerging on the other side to fire another shot towards the Brown goalie. Again Danis blocked Moore’s shot, but again he failed to collect the loose puck. Moore scooped it up once again, circled the net a second time, and emerged to wrist...
More and more men are heeding the call, taking up occupations traditionally dominated by females. Searching for more meaningful work or simply desperate for a paycheck in a sluggish economy, they are applying in increasing numbers for jobs or training in nursing, child care, housekeeping, teaching. The jobs are often crying out for more applicants, and offer solid, if unspectacular, pay. There's a downside, though, including cutesy nicknames like "murses" for male nurses and "mannies" for nannies. And pop-culture stereotyping is hard to shake. Consider Ben Stiller's ridiculed nurse in Meet the Parents, Freddie Prinze...
...ever made a dime underestimating the staying power of the American shopper. Despite the sluggish economy, personal income has been rising. Low interest rates have enabled consumers to borrow and spend without raising their monthly interest expense. And homeowners who are locking in the lowest fixed mortgage rates in two generations will be well insulated from rising rates as the economy recovers...
...despite a sluggish economy, competition on several fronts, high rents, she and other store owners say they’re faithful that their shops—with their specialty selections, high-quality service and long histories in the Square—will be able to make it through hard times...