Such a mighty progress would have scattered smaller bodies hither and yon; things that started off close together could easily have ended up as far apart as Ceres and Pluto today.As it happens, a few months before New Horizons flashes past Pluto, a much slower spacecraft called Dawn will slip sedately into orbit around Ceres and begin a long programme of observations.
But a surge in public-sector pay may be containable if private-sector earnings continue to grow as sedately as of late.If base rates have peaked at just 6%, this will mark a new chapter in Britain's recent, chequered monetary history.
"Autumn" at Mr Santamaría's establishment meant the earth-smell of mushrooms fresh-picked in the woods, damp-feathered game pulled from the huntsman's pouch, and lentil stew so rich, so redolent of the season, that as the lid of the tureen was lifted Mr Santamaría's hands would start to rotate sedately, wafting the aroma upwards, and his eyes to close with sheer rapture.He knew about science.
But above all, it should stop using its freight customers to subsidise passenger fares.Many changes designed to meet these challenges are chugging along sedately.
It changes gear as sedately as a family saloon when ambling along, but driven aggressively it turns into a different beast.
Life in the country's south-west glides along rather sedately.
But all of this happened as sedately as ever.Related items Sumo wrestling: Weighty mattersOct 9th 2008 Japan's slowing economy: Unbouncy AsoOct 2nd 2008 Mergers and acquisitions: The Japanese are coming (again Oct 2nd 2008Many of The Economist's diaries relate some dashing adventure; reporting from Tokyo, by contrast, features long stretches in which nothing discernable actually happens.
But, as China's economy begins to grow more sedately, more such unrest is looming.China's state-controlled media kept quiet about the protest that began on January 4th in Qingbaijiang District, a 40-minute drive north-east of Chengdu on an expressway that crosses a patchwork of vegetable fields and bamboo thickets.
The Nasdaq stockmarket fell by another 7% on the first trading day of the new year although, after the Fed's cut, it shot back up by 14% (with the Dow following more sedately behind).
Previn, who openly espouses the Viennese style, and did so benevolently, if rather sedately at times, in Haydn's "London Symphony", enjoyed pointing up its vulgarity.
I would be taking things more sedately, of course, but according to Robert I would shortly be skiing on the mountain itself, which cheered me greatly.
