Sentences with phrase «little slack in»

Gyasi's crisp stories are sometimes wound a little too tight, one wishes for a little slack in the reel, to linger and learn more about the characters than what their carefully crafted roles allow them room for.

All this leaves little slack in the program.

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China has some options with regard to its purchases from Boeing if the trade spat widens with the U.S., but little slack remains on the supply side in the near term with manufacturers «running at full capacity,» says Ken Herbert of Canaccord Genuity.

If this attribution were correct, there would be little labor market slack left in the US economy, and the standard unemployment rate (minus the best - guess nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment [NAIRU]-RRB- would be a nearly sufficient target for that slack.

It's sort of interesting how much time everyone spends reading and writing about the habits of really successful people when I can tell you the one thing that sets them apart in one little phrase: They're not slackers.

Click the little bell icon in the left margin near your name to shut yourself off completely, meaning whoever is trying to communicate with you via Slack will just have to wait.

«You can't do that remotely, so I'm constantly sending little messages and questions to people on my team in Guelph through Slack.

Chair Yellen, with real growth over the recovery a little slower than we thought, output gaps and job market slack still on the scene, prices appearing to decelerate and wages / compensation revealing little in the way of threatening pressures, try as I might — and I repeat, I'm solidly in your camp — I don't see the rationale for tightening, even a little.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running nowIn that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running nowin the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running nowin the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

Nonetheless, it is likely that considerable slack remains in the labour market, with the participation rate remaining well below the level of earlier years and little sign of upward pressure on wages.

That is why I plead for a little slack for those of us who are as yet «unfinished» works in the Potter's hands.

Except Here lately, in all honesty, I have been a little selfish and have started slacking on my job.

Editorials condemned «slackers» in the church who refused to support the national effort and revealed little tolerance for those who chose the route of conscientious objection.

They could beat themselves up over it all or cut themselves a little slack re guilt, admit they are human and have made lots of mistakes in life and go from there to the next thing.

I'm currently training for my first half - marathon in October (and I've slacked a little bit the past couple of weeks, but it's so darn hot outside!

Less work in the kitchen, less work on the laptop, a little more slacking and laying around, right?

It does not need to be tight, in fast a little bit of slack allows the puff pastry to cook evenly.

Later Larry, who still teaches at Taylor, «started seeing little bitty favors being done for Chipper — cutting him some slack in class.

When he was 9 months, I had no idea how long he'd be on this diet, had not a lot of hope that he would really be alive much longer and so I decided to give up the pump — put some milk from when I was non-dairy compliant in the freezer (he was also dairy intolerant) and donated the milk pumped when I was a slacker and spent my pumping time connecting and enjoying every second with my little guy.

Teens need a little slack on the leash so they can learn about the world around them and figure out who they are as individuals in that world.

I want to be reminded regularly to cut people around me a little more slack, to be patient even when I'm in a hurry, and to smile and be kind to everyone around me!

Be strong, and once in a while cut yourself a little slack.

In other ways, it's a good idea to cut family members a little extra slack.

Ensure your little one isn't squashed up in their chair or that it's too slack.

How to solve it: Although babies with changing sleeping routines can be a little fussier, during these times, you've got to cut your baby some slack in the snoozing department (and ease up on enforcing routines).

I would say just talk to them about the potty read up on babycenter about the different things to help the process along because even if they are not talking that much they still may give off many non verbal clues of having to go potty.However if they are really not ready try potty training keep a onesie on in the day time with their clothing and a blanket sleeper on at night that way they hopefully won't be able to get to the dirty diaper before you.My dd is 19 months as well and I have been training her sort of by letting her sit on the potty I have only let her use the one that goes on the big toilet but she peed in it once and she often will say she has to pee when in the bathroom but will sit and not do anything and get little pieces of tissue off the roll and push it into toilet this is her renditon of wiping even though the tissue does not really come in contact with any areas that need to be wiped I have slacked off on the training because she can not pull her pants up and down which is on the list of things kids need to be able to do to go by themseleves.Maybe just get them a few books and videos and a potty chair and talk to your dd's and see what happens you may be surpised.HTH

Taking $ 14 million from the fund balance would leave the district with just $ 4 million in unrestricted reserves, which Slack acknowledged would be «a little thin.»

Steve: I mean, even if you cut these guys all the slack in the world, and say that they were sincere in their efforts and there was no mendacity involved, then the movie is just sort of incompetent in its presentation of the issue and of whatever science it tries to get into which is, you know, very little, but that's it.

In a lab near Deisseroth's office, Tye inserted a fiber - optic cable into a mouse's little brain at just the right spot, leaving enough slack for the animal to run around.

Just cut me a little slack if things don't look perfectly polished... and wish me better luck in our next place!

Ooops... well, we are in the middle of a snowstorm on the east coast so I'll give myself a little slack!

I was looking at all these girls running around in leggings and flimsy little jackets and I couldn't help but think that maybe fashion needs to start cutting us some slack.

I totally need a little tune up and I Am getting there — the first trimester of pregnancy this summer made me a major slacker in the kitchen and while I am still have some major food issues I need to get my act together and do better feeding my family!!

The month of August is National Romance Awareness month, and while romance should be alive 365 days of the week, sometimes couples slack off and could use a little reminder on how to keep the spark alive in sickness and in health.

That said, the bar was set pretty low by Simon West's horrid original film, meaning that Jan de Bant, while getting the pace a little better, finds himself slacking off in the pleasures of being Judas» son.

Any film that features Johnny Depp performing salutes to the great silent comedians (and, in particular, Buster Keaton) deserves a little slack... [Blu - ray]

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A generation labeled» X» was struggling to enter the work force amid a recession, that economic reality yielding» slackers» and» sell - outs» in equal measure — labels that would soon enough become little more than pop cultural shorthand.

But the level of misogyny in Fathom goes a little beyond the usual contemporary slack afforded films from this period.

A low - level army base slacker (Luke Wilson) and a randomly selected hooker (Maya Rudolph) are selected to participate in a military experiment, headed by an officer with more than just a little taste for the pimpin» lifestyle — that's how the hooker gets roped in.

Both of these slackers are stuck in minimum wage jobs which pay so little they can barely pay their rent or utility bills.

Slit into three chapters, The Handmaiden does feel a little overlong due to a slack second act but the impeccable production design and art direction from Ryu Seong - hie is immersive and imposing while the expert lensing from cinematographer Chung Chung - hoon ranks with the year's best, ensuring that there's always a lot to soak in when not being alternately aroused or repulsed.

The characters in the game just look extremely uninspired and have little detail while the environments pick up the slack a little bit but are still unimpressive.

Ms. Davis is especially effective in her all too brief appearance as a professor cutting El very little slack.

As a result, the film feels a little slack and wayward in places, and we're never quite sure whether Korine's whimsical fable is heading anywhere worthwhile, but it is stuffed with small pleasures at every step of the journey.

Doesn't matter, as in the place of subtext, The Karate Kid quickly introduces a deeply uncomfortable love story between 12 - year - old Dre and little Mei (Han Wenwen) that culminates in a stolen kiss and a sexy dance set to Lady Gaga that has blank Dre slacking his jaw in the very approximation of Forrest Gump finally fucking Jen - nay.

Everyone has had an experience in school or at work of working with a «slacker» who may have contributed little effort.

If your children think that learning and school require little to no effort, they may continue to slack off and may not ever learn to challenge themselves and work to their full potential in higher level thinking (Winner, 1996).

«Little Kids Rock does a great job getting kids excited about music, picking up the slack from budget cuts to put music programs in our schools.

If nothing else, you'll get the satisfaction of having to bat away throngs of slack - jawed kids when you roll in to the local Cars & Coffee on Saturday morning, instead of having them look at your new Lamborghini with little more than a shrug.