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Word: slackly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nerve cells, which control various muscles. In some cases, when muscles in the chest become too weak to function properly, polio victims need mechanical assistance simply to breathe. Though many of the polio victims who survive are left partly paralyzed, they often make dramatic progress. Muscles that had fallen slack begin to work again when healthy nerve cells sprout new connecting fibers and take over the work of cells ravaged by polio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Polio Echo | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...Cantabs did a great job of stopping Diagle, holding her to nine points and eight rebounds. Forward Mary Jane Whitten picked up the slack with 13 points, but her nine for 17 free-throw performance hurt her squad...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Cagers Repaint Dartmouth Crimson | 12/12/1984 | See Source »

McLaughlin, attributing the slack-off to the comfortable lead and St. Michael's less than poor first-half performance, expressed concern about the number of mental mistakes his squad committed...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Undefeated Cagers Elude Purple Knights, 66-60 | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

...claims that its recordings make workers feel more in control of their environment and more cared for by their employers. Most important, though, is that workers slow down in mid-morning and midafternoon, and music can counteract that. Muzak's selections get faster as the workers near those slack periods. The company calls that "stimulus progression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Trapped in a Musical Elevator | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

...posture of the three figures is slack, the battle dress disheveled. The faces are young and tired. The eyes are wary. There is nothing heroic about the bronze men, but together they suggest the wordless fellowship that is forged only in combat. And there can be no mistaking where they fought: Viet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Healing Viet Nam's Wounds | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

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