Word: slack
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quarter of this year. So far, however, the Administration's effort to buy the industry some breathing space with voluntary quotas on imports has not produced results. Even if shipments from the major exporters can be slowed, the industry fears smaller producers will step in to take up the slack. So far, only one-third of the 76 steel-producing nations have agreed to limit their exports, and some agreements have loopholes. Korea and Japan, for instance, refused to include certain steel components for offshore oil rigs in their import quotas...
...make a belt. It turned out the snake had swallowed 13 eggs, eleven chickens, nine guineas and a billy goat. For some reason, most of the stories seemed to be about things that had swallowed things. This line of thought seemed much appreciated, especially by children, who listened slack-jawed, accepting the fictional terrors of nature as gospel...
...under-attendance of this year's reading should ignite concern among area literati to make next year's event poetry in the park more meaningful. Clearly, in the midst of apathy and a lack of unifying message, college students should take up the slack and begin to make the public artistic statement for this generation. Such a statement would not only present powerful images, but would also present powerful ideas. And, at least, college students could bring youthful energy to an art form that is in danger of being forgotten...
Hotshot split end John Garrett, the coach's son, injured his collarbone and won't see action today, but tight end Mark Milam will try to pick up the receiving slack...
Unfortunately for Columbia, there's a lot of slack to pick up all over the place...