Word: slack
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mules Near the black mouth of the prison mine at Lansing, Kansas, a kindly warden stood conversing with his deputy, suddenly turned with tautened lips to watch the sullen file of oil-skinned prisoners shuffle down into the shaft. Defiant of 13 unarmed guards, a seared murderer, a slack-jawed pervert, another and another, turned to gaze with loathing at the man who held four of their number captives to be chastised like beasts for complaining at lack of sheets...
...enterprising Senior has extracted 113 volumes from his entry. On the other hand, fully one-third of the appointed assistants have turned in no books at all, while others have been able so far to procure only a small number. Returns from the Freshman dormitories have been noticeably slack...
Republicans Democrats James E. Watson- William Cullop: Claris Adams George Rausch John E. Frederick L. Ert Slack Albert Stump L. William Curry...
...Mayor. He is only 30-the youngest mayor ever elected there. An American Legion man, popular in his crowd, he has given the city a business administration, progressive and clean. He is an Elk, a Mason, a Redman, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, with a slack, ready mouth, a touch of Irish in his nose, a touch of Scandinavian in his cheek bones, and a pair of spectacles. His name is Arthur E. Nelson...
...much higher than usual, owing to the great impetus toward bus transportation throughout the country. Sales of Mack trucks for July, for example, were about 1,050 machines-an increase of 66% on July, 1924, and within 150 of the best month this year. July is ordinarily a fairly slack production month...