Word: slacked
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Eliza Doolittle ("It's 'aoow' and 'garn' that keep her in her place," sings Professor Higgins, lamenting Eliza's way with words like "oh" and "go on"). So I have a choice. I could work on my "ohs," "oos" and "ows," and try to be a bit more slack about consonants. Or I could holiday in Essex, east of London, for total Estuary immersion. But somehow I don't think my Dick Van Dyke Cockney chimney sweep impression would fool anyone for a moment...
...game the system. Though there still may be tremendous pressure to get into a top college, the system will be clearer and more straightforward without these aggravating factors.Finally, early admission often leads to a severe case of “senioritis.” Seniors admitted in December often slack off for four months, depriving themselves of further education, enrichment, and preparation while simultaneously depriving their school community of an energetic presence on campus.This is not to say there aren’t risks involved for the College. Some students may get into other schools’ early programs...
...Afghan forces are hardly ready to take up the slack. Retired U.S. General Barry McCaffrey, after an inspection trip in June, calls the Afghan army "miserably under-resourced," with "no mortars, few machine guns, no grenade machine guns and no artillery. Many soldiers and police have little ammunition and few magazines." The police are even worse off. Mohammad Akhunzada, the former governor of Helmand province in the south, says the police "are overwhelmed. They are fighting the Taliban with no support, with one magazine [of ammunition] between them. Sure, they call in the coalition forces, but they take 24 hours...
...bioelectrical nerve signals that control muscles, and its servo-motors can nearly double a person's strength. After earning its mountaineering stripes, HAL's mission will be to assist the growing ranks of Japan's elderly in daily life. Maybe the rest of us should cut the machines some slack...
...much to ask to have women occasionally be the losers? Why is it that when stranded men are rescued by women it's comedy but when women are rescued by men it's an action film? Females have exactly the same rights to louse up and slack off and be really immature and dysfunctional as men do. If you put a banana peel in front of us, do we not slip? Enough is enough. The time has come to rise up, my sisters! Let's fight for our right to be in the wrong...