Word: slump
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...close, Williams is yet more benignly rumpled than at a distance. White hair springs out in every direction; wild black eyebrows seem to try to unseat his spectacles. Sitting next to a reporter, he affects the solicitous slump of a tutor assisting a student. His answers, however, are precise and confident. And indeed, he has some reason to be satisfied. One of his few direct powers is to determine who gets invited to the Lambeth conference. Many expected him to wait until after the Episcopalians' September deadline, and then - if they proved noncompliant - disinvite the entire American contingent. Instead...
...Crimson continued its stellar play and routed the visitors, 14-4.October played out in similar fashion: Harvard never found a groove and instead experienced a period of turbulence. The Crimson ultimately posted a 4-5 record for the month. During its foray into California, the team underwent a three-game slump, losing to Iona, La Verne, and California Baptist. The Golden State proved particularly troubling for the team—of the five matches Harvard played there, it came away with only one victory, a 9-3 decision over Occidental College. With the disappointing road trip fresh in their minds...
...Even in Japan, the market appears to have limits. Kei sales in April fell 6.4% from a year earlier, the first drop in 16 months. The slump is unlikely to last, however. "Over the long term the minicar market is expected to grow continuously," says Tsuyoshi Mochimaru, an auto analyst for Deutsche Securities in Tokyo. When a country's population shrinks, apparently so do its cars...
...recording project in their Central Square apartment and Bishop Allen was born. Over the next two years, they recorded and released their debut album Charm School, which Rolling Stone called “charmed harmonic bliss” in a four-star review in 2003.EXTENDED PLAYERSAfter that, their sophomore slump set in. “We had been trying to record a full-length record and we were kind of lost and frustrated and it was not coming together,” says Rice of the two years following Charm School’s release. “We weren?...
...didn’t.”The result of the boat’s rally was a 0.6-second win over the Midshipmen, clocking in at 6:04.5 to Navy’s 6:05.1.“We’ve learned a lot from that slump we got in [last year],” Luff said. “It’s just a different mentality from last year, and so just different results.”The second varsity eight also turned the tables on Navy, which took the lead from the Crimson last year...