Word: slid
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...pleased.By the time the organ was cranking out “Up From the Grave He Arose,” I was well on my way to good spirits. Everybody around me started to pivot and scoop for hymnals. And I was already humming away as I, too, slid my hands around the pew pocket. But there was nary a hymnal. I straightened back up, I looked left, I looked right. I even rocked onto my toes to peer down the far ends of the pews. All empty. Daddy didn’t have a hymnal either...
...Take Allied Irish Banks. The country's biggest lender revealed this week that its pretax profit dropped 62% in 2008. The bank's share price slid 90% last year. In any other country, worried customers would already be queuing to withdraw all their money. But so far Ireland has avoided a run on its banks, thanks largely to the government's decision in October to guarantee deposits in six Irish banks, as well as those in five foreign institutions, for two years. The Irish guarantee was heralded in some quarters as a model solution for restoring confidence, with several...
...being a developing-world success story to a cautionary tale of bad timing and overly ambitious expansion plans. Revenues are plummeting: Tata's commercial vehicles sales in India fell by 40% and exports by 45% in the quarter ending on December 31, 2008, while passenger car sales in India slid 14.4%. With losses mounting, it recently reported a quarterly loss of $58.5 million its first in seven years. To complicate matters, Tata Motors faces a June deadline when it must repay a $3-billion bridge loan taken on to buy Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). (See the 50 worst cars...
...wrapped the puck around the post to make the score 1-0.The Crimson doubled its lead less than a minute later with senior Nick Coskren’s team-leading seventh goal. Senior Steve Rolecek launched a shot from the right faceoff circle after co-captain Jimmy Fraser slid him the puck. Bessette got in front of Rolecek’s attempt, but Coskren was there to hammer home the rebound to boost Harvard to a 2-0 lead.Although Colgate outshot the Crimson 12-10 in the first frame, Harvard kept the Raiders out of its defensive zone for the majority...
...swift counter-attack, Chute moved into the Brown half and passed the puck to Vaillancourt on the left wing. The forward raced through the middle, supported by Brine coming up on her left for a 2-on-1 play for the Crimson. With only Stock to beat, Vaillancourt slid a neat pass into the path of an onrushing Brine to finish—the tri-captains combining to put Harvard up, 1-0.As the first period drew to a close, the Crimson doubled its advantage. Intercepting a pass from a Brown defender, Chute drove past her opponent on the Bears...