Word: slackened
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...Cyrus] Vance to contact all the parties concerned so that we could start at Geneva discussing the substance, not the procedural arrangements. But it was rejected by the Syrians. This is their habit. Whatever Egypt proposes, they reject at once, even without discussing it. The peace process started to slacken...
...felt the towline of the boatmen slacken...
...Russians as a sign of weakness." A senior West German general agreed. "What the West needs is the most sophisticated set of arms possible," said he. "We've already lost numerical superiority tin several categories of weapons] to the Soviets, and we can't afford to slacken on quality...
...with the present economic and political weaknesses of many Western governments. In terms of numbers, the alliance today is outmanned, outgunned, out-tanked and out-planed. This is primarily the result of the massive buildup of Soviet armed forces that began ten years ago and has yet to slacken (TIME, March 8). A top NATO official points out that the U.S.S.R. now turns out a new submarine every five weeks and 800 warplanes a year. This year alone, it added 2,000 new tanks to its arsenal, while America's tank force grew at only about one-fifth that...
...director refused to slacken speed for retakes that she wanted; once he insisted on shooting a key scene between Marian and Little John even though Hepburn was suffering from a sore throat and had lost her voice...