In some cases, progress is slackening because the burden of debt on poor countries has forced cuts in government spending on health and family planning services or because of declining support for smaller familes.
All developing regions will grow faster than Western Europe and North America, where growth will slacken primarily because of a slowdown in the American economy.
Callicles goes on to articulate (with some help from Socrates) a conception of 'superiority' in terms of a pair of very traditional sounding virtues: intelligence [phronêsis], particularly about the affairs of the city, and courage [andreia], which makes men "competent to accomplish whatever they have in mind, without slackening off because of softness of spirit" (491a-b).
The Wrigley comeback is taking place as the demand for carnival-style signs in Times Square, torrid until last year, is slackening somewhat because of the softening economy.
More than $250bn£150bnbn) was invested in "green" generating systems in 2013, although the speed of growth is expected to slacken, partly because politicians are becoming nervous about the cost of subsidies.
"The general supply and demand shows ample supply of oil and growing supply of non-OPEC oil in the US, Brazil, and Canada, and that's in the context of slackening oil demand because of meager economic growth around the world," he said.
The carnage of the war did not slacken simply because they had made it through the lines.
Because attempts to enforce by legal sanctions acts obnoxious to so great a proportion of Citizens tend to enervate the laws in general, and to slacken the bands of Society.
Alcohol, a muscle relaxant, can slacken the tissues of your throat while you sleep.
That unit, based in Seal Beach, Calif., has struggled recently because of slackening demand for commercial satellites and because of higher production costs.
