Word: slipped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...idea of a course for Harvard. This idea has won much ardent support and already some enthusiasts can easily foresee the day when they will be able to swing their clubs on a University course. A happy day, indeed, but far from realization. There's many a slip, as the golfer would say, between the tee and the cup. The plan ought not to be permitted to die in its infancy from lack of consistent support. The Golf Association can be kept hale and vigorous; and a modest course fund should be started. Then, when the alumni see that...
...order to obtain books, the borrower should look up in the Card Catalogue the book which he wants, to ascertain the call-number or shelf mark. He should then make out a slip for each book wanted; a buff colored slip if the book is for outside use, or a blue slip if it is for use in the Reading Room...
...whom exercise is now particular pleasure does not always find it easy break into the afternoon for a game of tennis or squash or a row on the river; often, too, it is difficult to find partners or facilities. The temptation of the easiest way is to let exercise slip, or to put up with the old-man's expedient of walking or the much-vaunted "daily dozen," which fit more easily into the day's routine. The result, too often, is the sad spectacle of a fine mind or able character wasted in an unsteady framework...
This year the system of "signing on" is to be abolished and members will sign a slip for each meal. A rebate of $3.00 for those eating 21 meals a week and a rebate of $2.00 for those eating 17-20 meals a week will be made on members' term bills. This will make it possible to eat at the Union for $9.95. This figure may be reduced if some meals are ordered a la carte...
...slow, uncertain way. The man who chooses to learn a branch of business by picking it up bit by bit as he goes along, finds the years slip by faster than he thought and sometimes his progress not as sure as he had anticipated. For all the "bits of knowledge" he sought may not have come...