But the forum's real theme is less ponderous, and more constant: the power of networking.
The EXT is less ponderous than its bigger Chevy SUV relative, the Tahoe which is also available in a three-seat configuration or the Tahoe's longer brethren, the Suburban.
He makes a more disturbing comparison, noting that Bishop's "style is less ponderous and hoity-toity than, say, [T. S.] Eliot's".
Shadowy modern wars are less about overwhelming force than mastering instantaneous communication to win hearts and minds, adapting rapidly, flattening ponderous military hierarchies, understanding nation-building, and bringing to bear U.S. abilities in fields as diverse as engineering and agronomy.
Not only is the speaker, Dana Gourrier, distracting, and more ponderous in manner than Ms. Brown, she pronounces meanings ("My rites of passage... This is my choice... I am ready") that are less subtle than anything in the dance.
If half the episode had been performed by Harpo I'd have been happier — less ponderous, deliberate talk.
His performance as Othello at Stratford in the same year was less successful; Franco Zeffirelli's production was thought ponderous and Gielgud "singularly unvehement".
Most of the frigates were able outrun this ponderous enemy, but Bellone was less fortunate and a speculative shot from the battleship detonated a case of grenades in one of her topmasts.
Although these programs are called "Big Thinkers," they are a bit more whimsical and less ponderous than the offerings from Microsoft or Edmark, and they touch on most of the basics, including some science and music as well as reading and arithmetic.
In tomorrow's show, which seems a bit less ponderous in tone, the focus is on a medical conspiracy that hides its true designs while claiming to be about surrogate motherhood.
