Word: slacken
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...Crimson defensive threat, however, did not slacken...
...first scenes, each prop on the stage is in its proper place, with the rifles and pistols hung on the wall and the coat rack holding the Captain’s tunic. With time and the Captain’s growing madness, the order within the set begins to slacken. By the end of the second act, when the Captain throws a desk lamp at Laura in rage, the room has begun to slip into disarray...
China is the Asian country best positioned to pull through the global downturn. The economy is still on track to grow 8% this year even as its exports to the U.S. slacken, and Beijing's coming membership in the WTO will require market reforms that by some estimates will boost...