Word: slacken
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...oddly enough these same people who work so hard for change take so little just satisfaction in the gains that have been made that they can hardly be called happy warriors. They even exaggerate their own pessimism out of a fear that public willingness to overcome obstacles would otherwise slacken. The result is that few times will pass into history like ours, having done so little to insist on its own merits...
...disagreement over taxing oil companies' "excess profits." Instead, Nixon wants Congress to whip through a "basic bill" that would make the Administration's fuel-allocation and conservation measures legally binding. Energy Chief William E. Simon is afraid that unless these measures are quickly made mandatory, consumers will slacken their so far successful conservation efforts, particularly if the Arab oil flow resumes. Yet in its present mood of hostility to oil companies, Congress will almost certainly ignore the President's request and stick with the original Emergency Energy Act, including some provision to limit excess profits...
...Harvard will not slacken its commitment to pure science, Bok promised...
Certainly, SCLC came quicker and brought more than any other major civil rights group. The fact that Angela Davis is a Communist did much to slacken the response of the NAACP and the Urban League. Both organizations receive government funds, and it wouldn't look good to the boys back at the Bureau of the Budget to see a sizeable contribution to Angela's defense fund in their annual audit. So, with their financial deficits of half-a-million dollars each that future government grants could do a lot to cure, the Urban League and the NAACP were forced...
...cent of the guards insist on harassing prisoners by enforcing petty rules." The New Crusader paused again. "And five per cent of the guards are sadistic brutal people who get their kicks by squirting mace at the prisoners confined in isolation." The New Crusader stopped speaking, let his jaw slacken, and then went on to discuss less emotional issues...