Word: slacken
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years, as is now the custom, we might, by popular demand, reduce the cycle to four or even two years. War could be held each time in some carefully selected remote area of sufficient size to give it the proper scope and background. This way, war production would never slacken, thereby creating jobs and stimulating economic growth...
...year of action." To that end, he proposed a total of 19 new measures and announced two executive orders, saying, "We must not slacken our pace but accelerate...
...more durable myths of journalism is that big news takes a holiday during the "summer doldrums." Actually, it is the routine activities of government, the arts and business that slacken during the heat. Major events are blind to the calendar, as we were reminded once again by President Nixon's announcement of some extraordinary measures to curb inflation and enhance prosperity...
Despite such pressures, however, "the decade of the environment" got off to a good start last year and the pace seems unlikely to slacken. Citizen groups have already identified 1971's targets, including strip-mining companies that destroy the landscape and cause water pollution. Washington, for its part, plans to set new noise regulations on industrial equipment and will press for new bans against dumping wastes in the oceans. What 1970 proved is that the environment issue cannot be dismissed as a fad. By changing national values, it may well spur a profound advance in U.S. maturity and harmony with...