Word: slackly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Britain, too, is having second thoughts about the proposed sale of 188 Centurion tanks to Libya. British public opinion, already roiled by the prospect of a resumption of sales to South Africa, would strongly condemn the deployment of Centurions against Israel. But once again, Moscow may take up the slack if the British kill the sale...
...dipping into unreserved capital funds. Season ticket sales have taken a slight fall, because, in the words of an orchestra spokesman, "When the economy is bad, some people hold off renewing." Nonethe less, BSO concerts, normally close to selling out, and radio and television revenue helps take up the slack...
That Extra Lift. While this fiddling with figures may seem like another bit of political gimmickry, it is economically sound. The full-employment budget is a fairly reliable gauge for determining whether the amount of Government spending is restraining or stimulating the economy. To stimulate the current slack economy, a fairly large full-employment deficit is called...
...Manhattan's Olympia. San Diego's Greenleaf Classics churns out 36 titles a month, each with a 30,000 print order. "I have never lost money on a sex book," says Bill Hambling, Greenleafs chief. Many smut books are printed in regular union shops during the slack early-morning hours; shops sometimes charge five times as much to print hard-core porn as regular books...
...practice of law when a man he had successfully defended proved to be guilty of a horrible crime. Unfortunately, Lowry never got around to filling in the details of this crucial episode in Llewelyn's life. An assortment of character sketches and plot shards adhere to a rather slack narrative line that draws Llewelyn and his wife Jacqueline through a portentous search for a new home...