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...warrant a snicker, but by the time he started into "Every Cloud Has a Silver lining," the snicker had faded to a grunt. Duke builds up an expectation for greatness that is just not realized. The rest of the play moves at such a schizophrenic pace that this sluggish type of ending leaves a bad taste in the mouth...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Pass the Butler | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

...first half was a sluggish one for the Crimson. After playing their last four games on artificial turf, Harvard had trouble adjusting to the slower grass field. The squad had no corners in the first half and few scoring opportunities...

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Stickwomen Top Eagles, 1-0; Win First Boston Four Game | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

...notorious for starting slowly. We were a little sluggish at the beginning of the game," Co-Captain Carolyn Burger said. "We let them get points early, which turned out to be the difference because all of the sets were close...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Huskies Humble Ruggers; Aquamen Place Fifth | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...Crimson played a sluggish first half and Northeastern took full advantage. Playing faster and neater field hockey, the Huskies allowed the Crimson no breaks...

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Northeastern Nails Stickwomen in Rain-Swept Shutout, 3-0 | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

Bush's cautious, calibrated style has made for largely surefooted policy. Despite a sluggish first four months, the President has launched initiatives on difficult issues -- savings and loans, clean air, arms control -- that he might have ducked. He has kept a Democratic Congress off balance and has mollified the conservative wing of his own party. If he has hit no grand slams, neither has he committed any egregious errors. "I'm reasonably pleased where, at the end of six months, things are," Bush told TIME. "I'm not relaxed about it. I'm not in an everything's fine mode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: Mr. Consensus | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

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