Word: slower
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...organization with 5,000 dues-paying members that calls itself Prevent Los Angelization Now! It is collecting signatures for a ballot initiative to impose a comprehensive "managed growth" plan on San Diego's city government. On the strength of polls showing that as many as 80% of voters favor slower growth, organizer Peter Navarro, a public-policy professor at the University of California at Irvine, believes that a new political alliance is forming that confounds old party lines...
...Harvard offense had a slower start. After yesterday's 23-4 destruction of Tufts, the team had to readjust to tougher pitching. It managed to shake up Holy Cross pitcher Jim Lielbler in the first inning when senior Marcel Durand drew a walk with two men out. Lielbler, feeling the threat of a man on, delivered two wild pitches, allowing Durand to advance to third base. The chance for an early Harvard lead was quenched however when Dan Scanlan, the eventual hero, struck...
...Even slower to arrive was crucial satellite photography for bomb-damage assessment. Aviators often wouldn't see the results of their bombing runs for several days, a problem that frequently led to overkill. Complained one classified cable to Washington: "Planners were often forced to plan without knowing if their primary target had already been destroyed. This resulted in more area saturation and less precision...
...like a hotel lobby sign that reads, WELCOME KIWANIS DEAD). But Brooks has always been more of a muser than a tummler, and perhaps more depressive than he is manic. He asks us to banish the cha-cha-cha beat of conventional comedy from mind and bend to a slower rhythm. His pace is not that of a comic standing up at a microphone barking one-liners, but of an intelligent man sitting down by the fire mulling things over. And in this case offering us a large slice of angel food for thought...
...Maine, spring--like everything else in the state--comes a little later and a little bit slower. Spring breaks often end up as late winter breaks, but the empty beaches are all the more peaceful, and even when the outlet stores are empty, the bargains are just as good