Word: slacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many people, the theater's backward look is not only normal but necessary, at a time when Broadway is constantly worried about its fifth season ?slack. Says Veteran Director George Abbott, who worked with Sondheim on Forum: "It's so difficult to get to the Broadway theater, plus there is the cost of eating dinner out and the fear of being mugged. People have to believe they're going to see something priceless." What better show, then, than one already granted a squeal of approval? What happier tense than the past perfect? Furthermore, notes Nanette's Ruby Keeler, "people...
...Enough Slack. Business is gradually getting better, and there is much question about whether the current economic expansion will start a fresh round of inflation. The President's Council of Economic Advisers figures that there is still enough slack in demand and production to prevent prices and interest rates from jumping sharply (although short-term rates have hit bottom and have risen a bit lately). Thus, the Administration remains opposed to framing a firm incomes policy, which would include wage-price guidelines. It also has not developed a policy to deal with a major event that will significantly influence...
...quarter's steel production was merely the result of hedge buying by customers against the likelihood of a strike in August. General Motors, for example, is building a 90-day steel supply, compared with its normal 30-day stockpile. Steel customers are thus creating a built-in slack for the industry later in the year, whether or not it is actually hit by a walkout...
...high grosses. Unfortunately the Orson Welles-in collaboration with the distributor, Cinema of the Third World-has chosen to observe only an "intermission" between Parts II and III and to charge audiences twice for seeing the whole film. Splitting the experience over at least two days and including the slack and unimaginative "Interviews with My Lai Veterans" on the same bill cannot help but dilute the force of La Hora de los Hornos. Hopefully, many will voice their criticisms at the theatre and actively make sure that the level of discussion takes place that Solanas intended. Of course the Welles...
Quaint Expression. The taxi industry is maintaining a stiff upper meter. According to Arthur Gore, publisher of the trade sheet Taxi News, "It is only a question of time before people come round." But with the imminence of summer, traditionally a slack season anyway, drivers aren't so sure. "I drove all the way from Wall Street to the East Side without a fare today," lamented Max Fuchs. "With a situation like this, I feel like getting loaded...