Word: slack
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vocal, well-heeled bands of extremists. And they never conceived of presidents who would play such political games with decisions that were specifically intended to be apolitical. And they never in their worst nightmares thought the American people would try to force the federal judiciary to take up the slack borne of their own disinterest in democracy...
...just come off a 12-hr. shift at the local Monsanto chemical plant -- but he too seemed in high spirits. He arrived at the same complex that morning to pay a neurology bill for the treatment of his older daughter's headaches. "He was just fine," says receptionist Dee Slack, who told him that that day was her 34th birthday. "We joked because I had forgotten, not my birthday, but the date of it." Griffin then picked up a drink at the Circle K and walked toward the site of a planned pro-life demonstration in front of the clinic...
...neither safety nor response time is compromised, the only remaining reason for refusing the services of Safety Walk seems one of comfort. Since the inception of Safety Walk, the driving escort has logged significantly fewer requests for rides, but the slack has not been entirely taken up by Safety Walk. Perhaps some of the people no longer calling were those who used the driving escort as a free taxi service--some callers have responded to the driving escort dispatches with the following rejoinders: "I'm not wearing the right shoes," "I'm not wearing a coat...
...biggest goof of all was ousting character-conscious director Gene Saks during tryouts in favor of Michael Kidd, 73, a legend who has had scant impact on the Great White Way for a couple of decades. The politest thing one can say about Kidd's slack, scattershot staging of The Goodbye Girl is that it will do nothing to revive his bygone career...
Harvard's all-time leading scorer and Co-Captain Erin Mather got into foul trouble--picking up her fourth early in the second half--but her teammates took up the slack...