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glacial
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glacial [gla´sh'l]
designating a highly pure state of certain acids, such as acetic acid, so called because the freezing point is only slightly below room temperature.
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Aa The Lebanese sources said the delay in Tabet joining the tribunal reflected a pattern of UN foot-dragging on appointments to the tribunal, and former Justice Minister Charles Rizk said the UN had moved glacially to appoint Daniel Bellemare, who headed the probe commission, to the post of prosecutor.
Lebanon appoints Joyce Tabet as STL deputy state prosecutor by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
On this side of the North Sea, it is Colin Matthews's Turning Point that will attract the most attention, though, for it's a major achievement, a 20-minute single movement that seems to change direction completely around its half-way mark, transforming from a lightning fast scherzo to a glacially slow unfolding that reaches a catastrophic climax.
Classical review: Eggert/Matthews/Verbey/Glanert by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Any kind of relief from these mandates is moving glacially.
Rate hikes backed; $40 rise seen for water, sewer by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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