In recent years, glaucoma and frailty kept her from writing, even at her methodical pace of a sentence or so an hour.

Bradley, 35, is in his 10th season at Princeton, but he spent the first nine teaching a slow, methodical pace with plenty of lateral movement.

San Antonio, which held opponents to 88.4 points a game this season, prefers a more methodical pace.

He comes towards them at his usual methodical pace, which is never quickened, never slackened.

The slow methodical pace has dictated the series so far; it would be a shame to have everything come together in a rushed and contrived way.

Even as teams lauded and criticized Minaya for his stubbornness, he continued to operate at a methodical pace.

She wanted the chores done immediately, whereas he had always proceeded at a methodical pace.

Flight engineers said that preparations for the rover's rollout continued at a methodical pace, with only a couple of problems.

Mr. Hata has said he is committed to opening the economy, but at a methodical pace that does not rock the boat.

But the story unfolds at a more direct, almost methodical pace.