Word: sluggishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Analysts are generally expecting perhaps the most sluggish Christmas since the recession of 1974, a year in which sales in real terms were actually 4.5% lower than the previous year. Said George Hanley, vice president of Manhattan's B. Altman: "It has been a long time since we have gone into Christmas with the momentum slowing. It's going the wrong way, and that's scary...
...sending out encouraging signals about their desire for progress on Camp David's more limited approach to the Palestinian problem: the Israeli-Egyptian talks on autonomy arrangements for the 1.3 million Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Apparently hoping for a definite breakthrough in the sluggish talks, Begin dispatched to Cairo his four most senior Cabinet members, whom he empowered to make decisions on the spot...
...didn't feel that good during the race--I felt really sluggish," Wiley said afterwards. "I liked the course a lot, though. All of those hills were like the ones I run at home--I'm also a little bit tired of running at Franklin Park all the time...
...B.S.O. is weaker in earlier music, tending to be sluggish and bottom heavy when it should be more refined and elegant. In recent weeks, performances of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony, Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and Mozart's Symphony No. 28 have all been marred by Ozawa's ponderous interpretations. Ozawa's depth has long been questioned, and he is generally much more successful with the romantic warhorses or even modern pieces-as he was with the world premiere of Robert Starer's lean but melodic Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's noisy Francesca...
Very little, in fact, was well. As her government reaches the midterm mark, Maggie Thatcher is under fire from virtually every direction. Her bold experiment to turn Britain's sluggish economy around by applying relentlessly monetarist policies has produced staggering 12% unemployment and a host of other alarming statistics. Her approval rating has dropped to 28%, a near-record low for any British Prime Minister. Worried over the prospect of running for re-election on the government's dismal record, a number of Tory backbenchers and some senior party members are openly revolting against her policies and questioning...