Word: sluggishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sluggish," Crimson Coach Bob Scalise said of his team's performance in the scoreless first half, "not too much energy...
...eastern Washington are typically rugged farmers, loggers and miners who work hard for a living. But if Washington Water Power, the region's main utility, has its way, some of them may be turning into laid-back sybarites, luxuriating their leisure hours away in hot tubs. The area's sluggish economy has led to a slump in electricity usage, so W.W.P. is trying to boost energy consumption by offering customers $250 in cash toward the purchase of a new hot tub. Utility officials say that each tub uses about 5,200 kW-h per year, roughly equivalent to the amount...
Economic theory says that in sluggish times lower interest rates will help spur production and growth. Theoretically, then, economists should have applauded loudly last week when major U.S. banks cut the prime lending rate that they charge many business clients from 8% to 7.5%, the lowest level since 1977. Instead of hoorays, though, the news was met with skepticism. The reason: many economists now doubt that further cuts in interest rates will give much of a boost to the economy, which was muddling along at only a .6% annual clip in the second quarter. Another sign of the economy...
Although Rosenthal's tempos tend toward the inflexible, sometimes leaving sluggish singers to catch up as best they can, he never swamps them in Wagnerian sound. Clean and elegant, Rosenthal's interpretation reflects an approach one does not usually associate with Wagner. "Some people will be surprised," he says, "but the Ring is lots of fun." In a production that compels rethinking Wagner's monument, the casting of Rosenthal is the most daring element...
This is far from the first time that OPEC has tried to cope with oil prices, which have been falling since 1981 because of sluggish world demand. The group has periodically imposed quotas, but they never stuck. For most of this decade, Saudi Arabia, OPEC's largest producer, kept its production far below capacity. Last year, though, it began a new strategy of boosting output and flooding the market. A price war ensued, as Yamani knew it would...