This happens commonly, especially during hot summer days, when the demand for power created by all those air conditioners can cause power lines to slacken.
Under a lesser Pope, the wind of change at the council might well slacken, but it could not die.
Despite such pressures, however, "the decade of the environment" got off to a good start last year and the pace seems unlikely to slacken.
Review of out-of-state enrollment cap underway The UNC Board of Governors might slacken a long-standing rein on admitting out-of-state students to UNC-system campuses next year, joining a nationwide debate among universities on nonresident enrollment.
June 20, 2013 - The Daily Tar Heel
Board of Governors reviews out-of-state enrollment cap The UNC Board of Governors might slacken a long-standing rein on admitting out-of-state students to UNC-system campuses next year, joining a nationwide debate among universities on nonresident enrollment.
June 20, 2013 - The Daily Tar Heel
Wen Jiabao in Boston Globe While stressing the importance of domestic demand, we must not slacken efforts to promote exports,said Wen.
P Chidambaram in Bloomberg We must ensure that the instrument of interest rates moderate inflation and at the same time does not dampen growth,Chidambaram said today. "We have to ensure industrial growth does not slacken."