Word: slacked
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Coleman entered the 2001-02 season hoping to reprise his 1999-2000 role as the starting center after sitting out last season. His teammates also needed him to pick up the scoring slack left behind with the graduation of Crimson legend Dan Clemente...
...didn’t miss a beat in rebounding,” Monti said. “I picked up some of the scoring slack. Kate [Ides] actually did a great job. She just steps into that spot where Reka or Hana had been...
...Sukarnoputri could have filled a leadership void but instead tried to shift the blame on the press for being too critical of the administration's sluggish response. With the government preoccupied with stemming the rising tide of public complaints, social and religious groups have had to pick up the slack, delivering instant noodles, rice, medicine, blankets and clothing to thousands of the city's 12 million residents unable to return home. Belatedly, the Governor freed up $50 million in aid but few believe it will reach the needy. Nursjabani Kacasungkana, head of the Indonesian Women's Coalition, and 28 other...
Harvard is completely without serious consequences and its students can do no wrong, or so it seems. Regardless how much students slack, shirk or steal, the University eventually tosses a diploma in their direction and they stride into the real world having been coddled by academics and protected from the harsh realities of the real world. Sheltered by brick, ivy and egos, we are taught to feel impervious to everyone else’s rules, according to which people go to jail and ruin their lives for mistakes they made when they were, yes, just...
...past few years, who customarily take sabbaticals after their third year at Harvard. But if the department knew that its new hires would all go on sabbatical in three years, it should have planned accordingly by spreading out the hires and hiring more junior faculty to pick up the slack next year. Although there’s little time left to recruit for next year, it should do what it can to fill out its roster. To alleviate the shortage in the short-term, all of the University’s undergraduates would be indebted...