Word: slackly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ahmed Kayali's younger brother Hasan will pick up some of the slack in the triple jump, but he is the only leaper with proven ability. "Again," McCurdy said, "we're looking for some support behind him." Freshman Russell Brooks may provide some help...
...market for heroin followed the classic laws of narcotics economy. When the French Connection was cut in 1972, the slack in the American market was soon filled by Mexican heroin, but European addicts were temporarily strung out. At the same time, American withdrawal from Viet Nam cost Southeast Asia's Chinese Tai Los (dope bosses) their most lucrative market. According to one American narcotics expert, "It was simply natural that the twain [Asian supply and European demand] should meet...
...decision and put the man on as a regularly scheduled Mad Prophet of the airways; that emboldened by this success, the executives would grant a weekly slice of prime time to a revolutionary group something like the Symbionese Liberation Army so they can stage their heists before a slack-jawed mass audience; that meantime the Mad Prophet would be taken over by a conglomerateur and be come an apologist for multinational capitalism; that this development would cause another ratings crisis and that his network employers, unable to fire him because they too are owned by the conglomerate biggy, would arrange...
...offenses, the backcourt is expected to take up the scoring slack. "Jonas is going to have a shoot more," says Irion with additional scoring punch supplied by the injury-prone Rodgers, who sat out last year. Irion also should have a free rein to gun from downtown. "I have a lot of confidence in my shot. At first Satch was pretty reluctant to let me fire from outside but he's come around...
...their prime lending rate to corporations twice in little more than a month-from 7% to 6¾% and most recently to 6½%. One reason for the drop is a slightly easier credit stand by the Federal Reserve Board. Another cause of slumping rates, bankers assert, is slack loan demand from worried businessmen. Bankers argue that lowered rates will not boost borrowing, but will cut into bank profit margins...