Word: slackly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...well-located property with large rooms suited for group gatherings, until members heard about Sigma Chi’s needs. Ordinarily the price for such a space would have been out of range for a fledgling fraternity like Sigma Chi, but Pi Eta decided to cut them some slack...
...conveniently, “C-minus” had no time to discuss the philosophy of pedagogy when there were numbers to be adjusted, and neither does Lower today. (We’ll give Lower a little slack, because, in addition to grades, he’s also adjusting the number of faculty.) Could it be that Harvard students-hand picked for their anal-retentive, over-achieving zeal-regularly produce the “work whose excellent quality indicates a full mastery of the subject,” the College definition of an A? Would it be surprising...
...investors all week: anemic. Alan Greenspan is largely responsible, writing in the Wednesday-released "beige book" that yes, the recovery was coming, but it might not be anything spectacular. The lack of business spending is particularly worrisome, the consumers' part hard to take for granted, the labor market still "slack" (meaning unemployment may stay up for a while). Energy costs are staying up, and manufacturers' willingness to upgrade their equipment remains limited...
...says, “I’d be delighted to find out, five years from now, that there’s a Faculty-sponsored guide to concentrations that was encouraged by this effort.” Until the Faculty steps up, FM is picking up the slack...
...Everyone steps up at different moments, which is so great because if someone’s off, somebody else will pick up the slack,” Christino said...