Word: sluggishly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard was sluggish coming off an 18-day layoff because of exams...
Wall Street gave the report a mixed reception as economists debated whether the figures foreshadowed merely sluggish growth or a genuine recession. Bullish investors initially set off a rally Friday on the assumption that inflation might no longer be a danger and the Federal Reserve Board would soon allow interest rates to fall. But fear of a slump took hold later in the day, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 2381.96 at the closing bell, down 2.94 points for the day and 36.84 for the week...
...unilateral withdrawal is just the sort of act that prompts critics to accuse NATO of being too sluggish and too cautious in responding to Gorbachev's initiatives. Moreover, the spectacle of departing troops, which Moscow intends to conduct with considerable public fanfare, plays effectively to a European public ever more willing to see the bright side of Gorbachev's promises...
Some oil-industry experts have alleged that Exxon's sluggish initial response to the Alaskan accident was partly the result of another corporate lapse: the reduction of its spill-management staff during cost cutting in the mid-1980s. The company lost nine of its top environmental and spill-control officers, including scientist G.P. Canevari, the inventor of Corexit 9527, a commonly used oil-slick dispersant...
...successful, much as his predecessor was, then such a sluggish model might well become the rule. Fearing voter backlash, future presidents and their parties might stagnate, balking at making bold policy suggestions...