Word: glitching
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...surprising that different people wanted to spin the decline in March retail sales in different ways; what was curious was who picked which way. Republicans, who might normally ascribe the 1% decline, the steepest in two years, to Clintonite economic malaise, swore it was a temporary glitch in a continuing recovery, caused by the March blizzard that kept East Coast consumers from shopping. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, who would be expected to agree with the anomalous act-of-God explanation, instead declared gravely that "recovery is at risk." The reason for the role reversal, of course, was the economic stimulus...
...bowed to the antiquated ritual of the East Room press conference, favored forum of the White House press corps. Using humor and knowledge to parry 31 questions ranging from budget to Boris Yeltsin, Clinton showed himself a master of the ring for nearly an hour, with only one small glitch. That was a hint that if he lifted the ban on gays in the military, they might be placed in segregated units. While such a compromise was tossed around in the testy debate between President and Pentagon, the White House began taking even that back within | minutes of the press...
...center were two hardworking fathers with firm convictions that they willingly put into practice. Both had experienced marital problems; both gave generously of their scarce free time to volunteer work. What separated them -- what kept them apart until it fused them in violence -- was a profound disagreement, a glitch in the moral geography that permits parallel lives not only to meet but to explode...
Take the shuttle service. Now, a service that runs 17 hours a day on weekdays to about 15 areas (scheduled and unscheduled) can't be expected to operate without a glitch...
...evening of Palance's imaginary aerobic progress ("Jack has just bungee-jumped off the HOLLYWOOD sign"). Following a huge production number from the movie Hook with dozens of children suspended from the ceiling, Crystal remarked, "You know, Palance is the father of all those kids." Reacting to the biggest glitch -- when 1920s director Hal Roach, instead of just taking a bow, stood at his seat with no microphone and gave a long, inaudible speech for his Honorary Award for lifetime achievement -- Crystal gracefully joked, "The reason we couldn't hear Mr. Roach is that he is used to working...