Word: sagging
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...Homecoming Vivien plays temptress and tigress, an enigmatic queen of the snarling jungle in her in-laws' house. Her hooded hazel eyes crinkle with bemusement, sag in boredom, flash with killing contempt or sexual electricity. Her fellow actors are all members in high standing of Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company, but it is Vivien who overpowers them all as the household whore-mother...
Salving the Irritants. Johnson's attempt to build bridges to the East came none too soon, for the transatlantic spans that have long linked the U.S. and Western Europe are beginning to sag. There was evidence of change everywhere last week: in London, where Prime Minister Harold Wilson declared that Britain wanted to join Europe as a "pillar of equal strength" with the U.S.-and clamp a collar on American investments; in Paris, where Charles de Gaulle, pointedly turning his back on the Atlantic, told visiting Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin that "our Europe is a whole" even in Bonn...
...that is, the timbers shrink in the dry winter air, expand when put back in the water. As a result, hulls can warp, fittings are sometimes sheared. Secondly, the cradle in which a boat rests may not fit properly and thet boat will tend to "hog," that is, sag at both bow and stem...
...women like to rest at the very base of the steps. They lean against a side block or let their bodies sag forward until only the support of a forearm wedged between chin and knee prevents them from closing completely around themselves. A vinyl handbag lies near-by and its bright color is a surprise against the grey stone and gray...
...shares on the Big Board, it was the eleventh rise in the past 13 months and put the short interest 50% higher than a year ago. The increase raised all sorts of questions about the nature of short interest, and whether it suggests future strength or sag in the market...