He moved as he did, slowly and half-gliding while cymbals and screaming trumpets announced his presence, because he had ten pounds of weights in each webbed foot.

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To the contrary, he has moved much more slowly, and focused more on selling businesses than growing them.

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He said the machine moved slowly at walking pace along the tracks putting the new equipment in the ground.

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He laments that Waterstones moved too slowly to launch its own e-reader, but insists it is now wise to accommodate the device most people prefer.

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