Word: slackening
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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...
...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...