Word: slipped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...does not excuse be criticism which he received for the wrinkled lapels of his dinner-coat, or the unbecoming appearance of his bone-rimmed spectacles. By all means the foreign minister should do his almost to represent his country creditably: but even he should be pardoned for an occasional slip...
...draw was held last night at the H. A. A. to determine the order, by classes, in which the applications of graduates of both the College and the graduate schools will be filled. By this system, a slip bearing the year of each college class whose members have applied for tickets to the Princeton game is placed in a large box. The oldest class in the draw was that of 1852, the youngest, ex-members of 1924. In the draw the slips were pulled out at random, and the graduate applications will be filled by class in that order...
...team which started against the University last fall. Among these are included the three veteran halfbacks; Crowley, Riopel, and Glennon. The slippery field last year prevented Glennon from demonstrating his broken field running ability, but granting a dry gridiron on Saturday, the Holy Cross backers are convinced he will slip away for repeated long gains. Playing in a formation with Glennon back, Holy Cross has gained consistently all season, for the veteran halfback is a true triple threat since he passes and kicks with as great ability as he circles the ends. Crowley also has been right in form...
...order to obtain books the borrower may look up in the Card Catalogue the book which he wants, to ascertain the call-number or shelf number. He then makes out a slip for each book wanted upon blank supplied at the desk for that purpose...
Shaggy Genius from those unhappy far-off things called country towns is vastly cynical. Shaggy Genius has usually written a play. After interminable weeks, the play has come back, eternally damned with the faint praise of the rejection slip. Therefore Shaggy Genius believes that managers do not read plays. Those that they read, he believes, they steal. No one but the established playwrights have a chance. Shaggy Genius stops writing plays and returns to the banalities of the barnyard...