Word: sluggishness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...greater importance is the potential damage to the labor organizing in this industry if the strike is broken. Natonally, union organizing has been sluggish. Other electronic firms and their employees are watching the Cambion strike closely. The relatively new industry, with its low wage levels is almost entirely non-union. If UE Local 262 succeeds in negotiating a fair contract, fellow employees in the industry will be encouraged to organize, and management will be far more likely to cooperate. But if the strike is broken, unionizing will suffer...
...night but burn out in a night. Producers consider themselves lucky if they wind up a picture with enough money for a new car, a new mistress and a bottle of Scotch." With stars demanding six-figure salaries, a ho-hum Hindi movie costs around $500,000. Production is sluggish, often taking a year...
...quality of the Stones' rendition or the song itself. Listened to in isolation, "Cherry Oh Baby" comes off as a fairly good and authentic reggae imitation. But for the ear accustomed to rock and roll's strong second beat emphasis and generally faster pacing, the reggae rhythm often seems sluggish and some how off. Strange, since the Stones much understand this, but they positioned the number directly following "Hand of Fate," one of the most hard driving, traditional rock cuts on the album...
...Saturday, however, Carey, Hines, and company had a field day. The Crimson big men crashed the backboards for 48 rebounds while the sluggish Lions could only haul down...
...number four, Emmi Levin lost in three games. Susanna deSola, who had gone to her brother's weekend wedding in El Salvador, also lost in three games. "I was a bit sluggish," deSola said last night. "I think I drank too much champagne...