Word: sluggishly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even for the wild market of 1987, it was a hair-raising ride. Many of the forces driving Gap stock down affected other retailers as well: sluggish August sales, sharper competition and growing ambivalence among shoppers. But such factors were not enough to account for the rout of Gap stock. Some problems were uniquely its own -- just as its startling success had been over the previous four years...
Hampered by sluggish play on the offensive end, Harvard fell, 2-0, to Northeastern in front of a handful of spectators at Parsons Field. Unlike last year's 2-1 victory, the Crimson managed little offense-flinging a grand total of one shot toward the Notheastern goal...
Strong sales of suburban homes are almost the only bright spot in an otherwise sluggish building industry. While the number of single-family homes started last year went up 10% from 1985, construction of new apartment dwellings was down 6%. Meanwhile, the value of commercial and industrial construction also declined...
More conventional was Don Giovanni. Karajan's 1986 recording with largely the same cast seemed sluggish and unfocused, but in the more stimulating environment of live performance, the interpretation gleamed. His is not the rhythmically incisive, sharply chiseled Mozart currently in favor in the wake of the original-instruments revolution, but a mellower, more reflective interpretation that prizes sonority and melodic beauty. Bass Samuel Ramey was a swaggering antihero, cocky till the end, and Soprano Julia Varady brought a sweet pathos to the obsessive Donna Elvira. Director Michael Hampe's staging was conventional until the climax. When the Commendatore dragged...
Such writers are frightened--and rightfully so--by our sluggish economy, our losses in international trade, and our rapid transformation from the world's largest creditor to the world's largest debtor in the space of a few years. They have watched the United States' share of the world economy drop from nearly half to close to a quarter. They observe the growing power of the Japanese and Germans, and they say the decline is unstoppable. They chart the failures of our military power in Vietnam and now the Gulf, and they cry "Uncle...