Mr Schröder backed away from tackling the biggest causes of Germany's sluggishness: its over-protected workforce, reluctant to change and expensive to employ, and its strangulating red tape.
While I was warned that Thync might not work the first time, a few minutes into my first session (using the Calm setting) I felt a wave of sluggishness pass over me.
All 8 of his points came over the last six minutes of the quarter, as he recognized the sluggishness of his teammates and took over the scoring duties.
Last August, Sassa's job was reportedly in trouble over NBC's sluggishness in scheduling reality shows.
Because of the sluggishness of the BOLD response and the timescale over which the data are collected, presumptive timing differences observed using standard event-related fMRI should be considered speculative.
If our core problems come from over-consumption and irrational financial-sector exuberance, Europe's sluggishness stems from the lack of an expanding workforce and consumer base.
The defense contractor reduced its 2010 earnings guidance by 15 cents per share after profits fell 17.9% year-over-year to $547 million, or $1.68 per share, on sluggishness in three of its four business units.
In essence, Rochlin is highlighting the balancing act that all control systems must address – between being too conservative (sluggishness or waste) or too aggressive (e.g. over control leading to pilot induce oscillations) in adjusting to error or changing situation demands.
Indeed, over-reliance on central banks may be a big reason behind the present sluggishness.
Merck has been hit by continuing doubts, and lawsuits, over its cholesterol drug Vytorin, Mr. Jordan noted, and he attributed sluggishness in Cisco and Oracle to the recent slowdown in economic growth in Europe, where they derive much of their revenues.
