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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...
...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...
...ironic reason for the slack demand for so-called sweet crude like Britain's Brent light is that its quality is too high. Traditionally, refiners were willing to pay a premium for light, low-sulfur crude, which is used primarily to make gasoline. But refiners in the past year have improved their technology so that they use more of the less expensive, heavy crude. Thus the so-called sour oil is getting a larger share of the market, and its price has been holding firmer. In the past few weeks Saudi Arabia has boosted its exports of heavy crude...
Despite the "very messy game", the visiting ruggers "didn't slack off and kept up our own level of play," Forward Captain Janet Bixby said...
Ideally, sugar coating of profits is supposed to be corrected or protested by a company's external auditors. But since the late 1970s, increased competition among accounting firms has fostered some slack auditing. Says John Fedders, Shad's enforcement chief: "There's tremendous pressure on accounting firms to lower their prices. Some firms can, but only by cutting corners...