Word: slack
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...could not be issued in each instance. Today there is a trend to instruct them in minute detail in even insignificant tactical decisions." On the other hand, he also pays diplomats the haughty compliment of arguing that it is up to them to take up some of the cerebral slack left by politicians. "Before World War I," he says, "world leaders were of the same intellectual milieu. Today the qualities necessary to become a national leader are not necessarily the same as those needed to be a national leader. So diplomats are unusually important...
...have teammates to back you up," Crimson superstar Bobby Hackett said after his disappointing fourth place finish in the 500-yd. freestyle. A viral infection bothered Hackett for the second Easterns in a row, but fellow distance-men Larry Countryman, Tim Maximoff and Ted Chappell took up the slack to the tune of second, fifth and sixth places, respectively...
Junior Tom Mannix, more effective working inside than usual, but less impressive shooting from the perimeter, finished with 11 points, four rebounds, and four assists. Mark Harris had an uncharacteristically slow night under the boards with three rebounds, but captain Bob Allen took up the slack with eight...
...worried about making up the points, McCurdy could have consulted his tri-captain, Joe Salvo. The senior sprinter, returning from injuries that sidelined him the first half of the campaign, appeared in top form as he won the 60-yd. dash, helping to pick up the slack...
...back production and lay-off people quickly and to cut prices only very gradually. Why? Because their costs keep going up. Why do their costs keep going up? Because wages (and also raw material prices) Keep going up. Why do wages keep going up with increased unemployment, slack labor markets? That is where the mystery lies...