The 22-year-old made a sluggish start and a misfiring second serve combined with several unforced errors saw her quickly fall 0-3 behind.
The slowing of the rate of health care cost increases comes amid a sluggish economy and a period of high unemployment that has made it easier for companies to reduce benefits of their workers.
The summit largely focused on boosting a sluggish global recovery threatened by a possible collapse of the euro currency union.
In form, the movie is a detective story, but we watch with increasing apprehensiveness as it dawns on us that Pharaon might be a kind of sluggish Oedipus, a sleuth who uncovers the traces of a crime that he has committed himself.
While the desire to pair humor with a commercial message has a long history in advertising-- Burger King's creepy King character and Bud Light's "Real Men of Genius" being sterling examples--the PR industry has demonstrated a sluggish embrace of yucks as a vehicle to deliver a message about companies, brands or issues.
Despite record spending, turnout at polls appeared sluggish after a campaign that centered on the city's ailing economy and budget and the influence of municipal unions.
Many in the shipping industry see a sluggish year ahead for Chinese exports, a cornerstone for the nation's economy, despite other indications of growing demand for China's products.
In the stifling heat, both sides made a sluggish start but it was something of a surprise to see Mulgrew booked for time-wasting at a throw-in after just four minutes.
The U.S. economy remains on a sluggish growth path, with Briefing.com forecasting for a 2013 GDP between one and two percent.
In a sluggish economy, smaller firms are less likely to take a chance on recent grads, says Penelope Bryan, dean of Whittier Law School in Orange County, Calif.
The Bush Administration has a sluggish, low-key missile defense effort under way: a limited ground-based system deployed in Alaska and California, which won't be much of a deterrent in today's world, and a still underdeveloped sea-based system modeled on the U.S. Navy's Aegis vertical launch system.
But in a sluggish economy, like what we've experienced for the better part of a decade, consumers choose cheaper alternatives they forgo the Cadillac for the Buick or public transportation, for example.
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At present, my baseline outlook involves a period of sluggish growth, followed by a somewhat stronger pace of growth starting later this year as the effects of monetary and fiscal stimulus begin to be felt.
Ultimately Shah produced some terrific hitting after a sluggish start and it was always unlikely that England would score 198, but it sent a rather confused message to the extent that we really do not know what they will do in Cuttack on Wednesday.
On Wednesday the U.S. central bank's Beige Book, an anecdotal compendium of economic conditions around the country, described a familiar picture of economic softness, with sluggish consumer spending and a slowdown in commercial real estate, despite rising prices.
Republican leaders insist the measure would offer a critical boost to a sluggish national economic recovery.
Analysts warn other banks are also struggling because of unpaid home loans and a sluggish economy.
Mercedes-Benz and Audi notched sales gains exceeding 35% last year, easily outpacing a sluggish market there.
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Republicans said raising the minimum wage would dampen a sluggish economic recovery and cost jobs.
But unlike three years ago, this slump reflects more than a sluggish global economy.
Businesses cut their investment by a further 2%, while consumer spending growth was a sluggish 0.9%.
It pushed above this level in a sluggish tape yesterday and looks poised to follow through today.
Also, this season got off to a sluggish start, perhaps because of growing competition from rival JacksonHewitt.
The problem with raising rates in a sluggish economy is that rate hikes are detrimental to growth.
But recession, a sluggish economy and the deficit reduction measures may have damaged the Tories' prospects this May.
With the U.S. economy growing at a sluggish pace, older Americans who are nearing retirement face more uncertainty.
Man-of-the-match Stuart Broad was the pick of England's five bowlers on a sluggish track at the Beausejour Stadium.
So a sluggish economy in the wake of domestic problems and whatever else is happening in the eurozone.
These answers will be contingent upon how well America competes in a sluggish global economy awash in government debt.
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