Word: dipping
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With the odds thus stacked against me, I couldn't help being concerned. What does it mean when I'm introduced to three people as I enter a party and find that all their names have flown out of my head before I even reach the bean dip? What does it mean if I walk into a room on an errand of some kind and discover that I can't remember if I came in for a dictionary, a soup spoon or a socket wrench? After a certain age, does everyone's cranial zip disc start to fill...
...says Dilulio, since nobody predicted the dramatic drop in crime the country has experienced over the past five years, nobody has any business explaining modest and sporadic reversals. In hindsight, experts say, the dip in crime was caused by some complicated equation involving the economy, the aging population, more aggressive police and longer jail sentences. Understanding any new trend won't be any simpler...
...nine months before reaching bottom, is marked by frequent suckers' rallies that pull bargain hunters in too early, and fails to recover quickly off the bottom. Give me a crash anytime; the next day is a buying opportunity. A slow bloodletting demoralizes. It doesn't end until the dip buying stops, and by the time you realize that's happened, you've missed a huge rebound...
...real winners in this case: Depending on the sentencing schedule, Microsoft officials may spend the next few months bending over backward for their customers and various contractors, trying to prove their good intentions. And Wall Street investors are circling Microsoft stock like so many vultures, waiting for a strategic dip that may never materialize...
...Crimson needed only one win going in to yesterday's double-dip against Dartmouth (28-11, 7-3 Ivy). After the Big Green narrowly edged Harvard 3-2 in the first game, the Crimson (18-19, 10-1) came out relaxed and efficiently put away its opponent in the second game...