If the molecules are moving quickly, it is hot, and if slowly, then cold.
But the West is hopeful that the reformists' victory will help the thaw in relations with Iran to continue, even if slowly.
Clarke was given not out after a Roach lbw appeal when six, a decision upheld after referral, and batted calmly, if slowly, during a 79-run stand in 25 overs with Mike Hussey.
Africa's population is still growing, remember, even if more slowly because fertility is falling.
If prices slowly retreat rather than collapsing, the bubble definition would be ill-fitting.
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If a line moved slowly toward the end, even if it moved swiftly at the start, "the person expressed dissatisfaction, not only with the line but sometimes even the store, " Mr. Carmon says.
U.S. medical schools graduate about 20, 000 doctors every year, a number that can only grow slowly if standards count for anything.
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For politicians, winning the fight over law and order means convincing the public that the tide will rise more slowly if they are elected.
They know that it will have to grow more slowly if the economy is to absorb the big boost in public expenditure that is on its way without stoking up inflation.
If you're 55 or older now, you shouldn't have to worry about reduced initial benefits, since any changes will be phased in slowly if the AARP has anything to say about it.
Jobs lost there will return slowly if at all, and people turned out of factories and building sites may be poorly suited to openings in growing fields such as health care and education.
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Even big exchange-rate shifts can be absorbed if they occur slowly. (The 8% drop in the dollar since early 2002, for instance, has not caused any problems.) But if they happen quickly, financial markets are roiled, and at worst financial institutions are unable to cope with the strain.
Marketers exercise caution as inventories start depleting, and raise their advertising spending slowly, if at all.
Other components of demand, such as consumption and construction, are recovering slowly, if at all.
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If this band is slowly shrunk, it becomes necessary to cut the doughnut or break the band.
If Europe takes decisions slowly, it is partly because of Germany's complex federal structure and messy coalition politics.
But if they move too slowly, frustration among their own people could play havoc with their leisurely timetable.
On these things the government is moving far more slowly, if at all.
The antis think that the obstacles will change only slowly, if at all.
The report said it "failed to appreciate the enormity of what was happening and reacted too slowly, if at all".
In response, Alex Salmond rose slowly as if to imply that he was not bound to please her with his answer.
Money poured in at the launch of doi moi, but as reforms moved slowly, if at all, the cash flow slowed to a trickle.
But if you go too slowly, you will get hypothermia.
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Most bizarre was the smart spoon, which is designed to encourage you to eat more slowly - if you spoon food into your mouth rapidly the spoon handle throbs with a warning signal.
There's a generally uneasy tone to the storytelling, as if these people have slowly been failing all their lives, and the accident finally awoke them to the reality of their shortcomings.
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They were confident it was the right way to do it, despite an utter absence of evidence. (He later showed patients generally perceive less pain if bandages are removed slowly.) When patients exhausted their daily morphine rations, sometimes nurses would give them placebo injections and they would quickly fall asleep.
And Henrik Lundqvist, having been on the bench for an extra attacker when Campbell scored with 50.4 seconds left in regulation, trudged back toward the net, swinging his legs slowly as if they were leaden, only to return to the bench seconds later to bury his head in his bulky goaltending gloves.
She answers questions slowly, as if making sure that nothing informative passes her lips.
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Here comes Bob as if on cue, lumbering slowly as a zombie up the hill toward her.
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