Word: sluggishness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fiumicino, the muddy waters of the Tiber merge with the blue Mediterranean. The town's life seems as sluggish as the river, but beneath the apparent calm there is a deep, turbulent rift which sometimes whirls up like an assault of wind-whipped breakers. That rift is symbolized by the tablet in the city hall commemorating Garibaldi's visit in 1849 (after the Republicans had driven the Pope from Rome), and by the blue & white statue of the Virgin Mary in the church...
...democratic vote, the majority went along with the auction plan. So Master-of-Ceremonies Baron Stanley of Alderley (he's terribly good at this sort of thing) mounted a chair in the sitting room. Cried he: "Now, who wants Loelia?" (the recently divorced Duchess of Westminster). Bidding was sluggish, and the ex-Duchess finally went for seven guineas. Blonde Princess Ali Khan, the Aga Khan's daughter-in-law, did better at a reported 15 guineas. Randolph Churchill, who could not stay late because he had to dash off to a regimental dinner, bought up several girls...
Ramrod (United Artists) is a pretty, mildly sluggish western about a very bad woman (Veronica Lake), a very good one (Arleen Whelan), a good man (Joel McCrea) and a rat (Preston Foster). The main problems: 1) Will Miss Lake prevail against her father (Charles Ruggles), Foster and his hard guys, in her determination to graze her cattle on land they forbid her? and 2) Which girl will ultimately throw and brand McCrea...
Last week Conchita was back on the circuit, in Quito. Ecuadorians jammed their old, wooden bull ring. Some even sat on the roof. Although the first bull was sluggish (dulling Conchita's artistry), the judges awarded her both ears. She passed one to the crowd, threw the other away. Aficionados understood: she knew she had not earned a trophy...
...their vacationing to the sticky summer. Nonetheless, in the face of the demand for a summer term, some men, such as Professor Hooton, have seen their way clear to teaching three terms in a row: a few more Faculty Richards could have made the difference between the current sluggish summer program and a fully satisfactory...