The higher-end R505DS model packs a bit more wallop than its slightly slower sibling, the R505DL, with a faster chip and a 40-GB (as opposed to 30-GB) hard drive.

FORBES: Magazine Article

They chose to get the slower 'medium' tyres out of the way in their middle stint and fit the faster 'super-soft' tyres for the final part of the race, as they were not sure if the softer tyres would last.

BBC: Brilliant Button wins in Bahrain

In effect, a slower start followed by a faster build-up later can get you to the same eventual benefit in terms of reduced emissions, but far more cheaply.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

They found that, over the long haul, economies with slower GDP per capita growth produced better real returns on shares than faster-growing ones, and vice versa.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

Some may argue defense should fall slower than entitlements in any budget-balancing move, but past experience suggests it will fall faster in the absence of urgent threats.

FORBES: Pentagon Should Cut Bloated Head Count, Not Weapons Programs

This is caused by faster assistants slowing down to the speed of the average - so as not to embarrass their slower colleagues - while the "slow ones, stay slow", which has an overall effect of dragging down the speed.

BBC: Good queue guide