Search Details

Word: slacks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...wait. Up onstage were none of the usual Bolshoi Ballet stars, no Plisetskayas or Vasilyevs, no familiar figures at all. In fact, although the dancers showed flashes of the rigorous technique and expressive line that mark the Bolshoi style, there was here and there an unaccustomed slip, a slack fouetté, a leaden lift. What, then, accounted for the electric atmosphere in the theater? Why was the audience applauding so encouragingly, pointing out dancers and scribbling notes in programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: A Cultural Marvel in Crisis | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

...seventh to tenth in the national rankings, the squad scored its first victory ever on UMass turf. When All-American middie Pete Predun found himself double-teamed by the Minutemen, he cooly pulled his defenders away from the cage and allowed frosh superstar Brendan Meagher to pick up the slack and pace the Laxmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sticking it to Them | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

...study sees it picking up the slack as oil runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: King Coal: Ready to Reign Again | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

With Howard Sands out of singles competition for the second consecutive match, Warren Grossman picked up the slack at number two and scratched out a squeaker over Rob Stein, 7-6, 7-5. Grossman bounced back from a service break at 5-4 in the second set to clinch the victory for the Crimson...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Crimson Netmen Smash Big Green, 7-1 | 4/23/1980 | See Source »

Earlier in the year when the hitters were slumping. Harvard's pitching and defense picked up the slack. Yesterday, as a stiff wind made tight defense almost impossible, the sluggers chipped in with key hits, and Harvard improved its overall record to an impressive 9-4 mark...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Santos-Buch Double Sinks Huskies, 7-4 | 4/16/1980 | See Source »

Previous | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | Next