It's hard to avoid the suspicion that Fed officials, worn down by the constant attacks, have been looking for a reason to slacken their efforts, and have seized on slightly better economic news as an excuse.
FRANKFURT — The euro zone remains vulnerable to shocks because of weak banks and incomplete regulatory safeguards, the International Monetary Fund said Friday, in a warning to European leaders not to slacken their efforts to build a more resilient financial system.
The president of the European Central Bank on Tuesday hailed what he said was a substantial improvement in the stability of the euro zone, while warning political leaders that they should not slacken their efforts to improve economic growth.
When I saw how stuck in the past they were, I was more confident that we would win; but we did not slacken our efforts.
Japan slackened its efforts halfway through its lost decade, ensuring another five years of stagnation.
For children, the situation has grown worse as we've slackened our efforts to fight poverty.
It could allow state governments to slacken their own efforts to create effective law-enforcement institutions.Mr Castillo insists that his relations with the government of Michoacán involve "co-ordination…not subordination".
Whatever the final outcome of investigations into the cause of the explosion on the Limburg, the American authorities are unlikely to slacken in their efforts to confront the dangers from terrorists posed to and by international shipping.
Whatever the outcome of investigations into the cause of the explosion on the Limburg, the American authorities are unlikely to slacken in their efforts to confront the dangers from terrorists posed to and by international shipping.
But as time went on she began to believe in her invention, and became terrified of any sign of slackening of effort.
