If you slack off in one year, you can make up for it the next year.

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This view of Lois came from a time when men were off fighting Hitler and women picked up the slack in factories and offices back home.

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When coworkers are laid off, those that remain must pick up the slack, meaning longer hours, harder work and less pay.

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Vegas has the Yankees favored by a nose over the Rays to win the American League pennant this year, but if the Yanks get knocked out early ratings will fall off a cliff as there is no other team to pick up the slack.

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