Word: slipping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...secret transmitter. The patriot, as it turned out, was scandalized at the very idea. Renault had better luck near Bergerac, in the Dordogne, where his host was a small, salty squire, the father of eight, with a fine disdain for the conquerors. When, he asked, would Renault like to slip across into the German zone? After Renault replied "tomorrow," he realized that he was scared stiff of the Gestapo...
...revived his interest in the cerebrograph when his eight-year-old son had to memorize Hood's The Song of the Shirt for school. After repeating it aloud patiently as his son fell asleep, Sherover was delighted next day to hear the boy babble the poem without a slip. Thus Sherover confirmed what many psychologists had long believed: a dozing person is often more receptive to suggestion than, a wide-awake...
After shouts of "grab that man" and "stop them" arose, Harper and Thalhofer decided that they were not going to let possible dividends slip away so easily...
...both games had their moments of excitement and were creditable performances by the Crimson, who were by this time without the services of both Johnny Crocker and Yetman. In the opener, the Varsity overcame a four-goal deficit with a furious offensive blast in the final period, only to slip behind again in the closing minutes to go down to an 8 to 6 defeat...
...Great Man called a hireling-the custodian of U.M.W.'s building in Washington-and sent him off to deliver the message to William Green. But Bill Green was not in his office to receive John Lewis' final insult, and the messenger had to slip it under the door...