Word: sluggishly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...generation ago, a national rail strike might have paralyzed the country. Last week's walkout, however, was no crippler: both the sluggish economy and the diminishing role of rail transport blunted its impact. In the Northeast, service was relatively unaffected since the region's major line, Conrail, was not struck by the engineers. The Southern and the Family Lines systems, the two major railroads in the South, drafted supervisors and other skilled personnel to operate the trains, and most major runs were made...
Once in office, Palme hopes to apply his party's free-spending credo as a panacea for Sweden's sluggish economy. He promised to cancel planned cuts in sick pay and to increase funding for child-care centers. Unemployment compensation and pensions will be raised to keep up with inflation. In addition, Palme has proposed a mammoth $320 million government investment scheme to build new roads, bridges and housing projects that he believes will generate up to 40,000 new jobs. To finance the programs, the Social Democrats want to hike the country's 21.5% sales...
...drop in inflation and a sluggish economy have brought some relief to hard-pressed business borrowers, who lately have been going bankrupt in the greatest numbers since the 1930s. But there may not be much additional good news on interest rates for a while (see box). Despite some encouraging signs, TIME'S board members found the economy to be still weak and the recovery to be somewhere in the future. In May, when the board last met, members thought that the Reagan Administration's July 1 income tax cut would spur consumer spending and push growth...
...contrast to his intentionally low profile, Verba's recent accomplishments are impressive, though the effects will be appropriately subtle. Officials credit him with having worked deftly with the student-faculty Committee on Undergraduate Education in his first year as chairman of the often-sluggish group. Charged with conducting a comprehensive review of undergraduate curricula. Verba has shaped faculty legislation in three important areas. With approval of the proposed changes expected this fall, undergraduates should soon find the College's rules concerning independent work, study abroad and academic honors more unified and less arbitrary than in the past...
...world's largest industrial corporation, which earned $1.8 billion during the same period last year, there were no celebrations. In fact, the plunge in profits has forcecd Exxon to conserve cash by slashing its work force, cutting back on advertising and reducing executive perks. Hurt by sluggish demand for petroleum products and a string of troublesome investments, Exxon is preparing for a bout of hard times...