Retail sales, which are growing sluggishly nationally, are far weaker in some regions of the country, including New York.

Data such as the modest rise of two-tenths of 1 percent in industrial production reported yesterday for June suggest that the economy is still growing only sluggishly, they added.

Even the shadow that bloomed once again like a flower of darkness from the arch grew sluggishly as it crept toward her.

Now fast-growing Internet companies will be swapping their stock for companies growing far more sluggishly, intermingling the two worlds.

There was blood on the torn collar of Ciaran's shirt, a stain that grew sluggishly before their eyes.

The German economy was growing only sluggishly, he said, and one reason was the Bundesbank's tight-money policy.

The latest Commerce Department reading means that the American economy has been growing sluggishly for six months.

Yesterday's durable-goods report for April, which showed no increase after a steep 3.7 percent drop in March, signaled that the economy is still growing sluggishly.

With the American economy growing sluggishly and world demand for oil soft, the inflationary impact is far less ominous than it was in the early or late 1970's.

The economy was growing sluggishly and a significant drop in unemployment was yet to be seen.