Word: slacked
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...three lively youngsters—Chanci Nixon, Terrell Reese and Kenneth Wiggins— are led by Ian Powell, an aspiring actor who studies at the Boston Arts Academy. Since League member Nicholas Barnes is MIA with his dance troupe Expressions, Ian has to pick up the slack and think of some moves for the kids to pull during their seven-second cameo...
...nothing but non-traditional, non-credit electives, then the very academic value of J-term will be suspect. Middlebury’s non-credit, mandatory J-term may provide students with unique travel opportunities, but many students and faculty there describe it as little more than a chance to slack off. And while many Harvard students might appreciate an extended chance to hang out, it is hardly Harvard’s place to make it a mandatory part of the curriculum. If given the choice between J-term and a longer winter break, most students would prefer the option...
...Alex Slack ’06, an editorial editor, is a history concentrator in Leverett House...
...there a chance that some of those movies will be good? Sure, but action-y blockbusters as a group are so creatively and intellectually bankrupt that I don’t see any need to cut them any slack; we should consider them bad until proven good. And even at their best, such movies can’t match the worth of good dramas or intelligent, socially relevant comedies; I love Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back as much as the next movie man, but as creative as they are, they’re not much...
...result of this dithering, argues Speth, is that whatever slack nature cut us is gone. Still, he hasn't given up. Now he's looking to scale up what he calls "jazz," the voluntary and improvisational efforts of those who believe the world should heed the traditional sailor's warning alluded to in the book's title. If people lead, maybe the leaders will follow. --By Eugene Linden