Word: slackly
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...What are the odds of D.C. picking up the slack now and helping the states out? The same odds that John Ashcroft's singing will land him a performance at Carnegie Hall. It might have been possible when the federal government was running a large surplus. But thanks to the drain of 9/11 and the soft economy, this year's money is gone. More importantly, the president's tax cut has made sure surpluses won't be coming back for a decade or more. The states are on their own. Sadly, of course, so are the uninsured...
...felt really good to have a huge inning because we knew we needed to pick up the slack offensively,” Cooley said. “It was nice to let ourselves know that we can have big two-out rallies. That will be important when Ivy League competition starts...
...enjoy the soup. But anyone struggling to understand what has been a remarkable turn in orders for semiconductors and the high-tech equipment needed to make them should take note: products such as cars and medical devices--from pacemakers to hearing aids--are taking up a lot of the slack left after the telecom bust. APPLIED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS' new VeriChip, for example, is injected under your skin and when scanned--say, in the emergency room--gives doctors a complete medical history. The semiconductor recovery won't be complete without renewed demand from traditional users such as CISCO and NORTEL...
...Clint Eastwood,” the summer-engulfing single set off by Albarn’s slack-jawed “I ain’t happy, I’m feeling glad…” hook, and rounded off by Del’s spiritual-mentor rap is one of those songs. The songs that lodge in the crevices of the brain, and emerge periodically to sun themselves, setting an entire room absently humming, “I’m useless / But not for long…” Yet it might have all gone...
Pick Up the Slack...