Word: slipping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Upon return, this slip will simply be removed and the book put directly on the shelf. There should thus be no delay while the borrower's signed card is located, since the slip of paper can be checked against it later...
Designed primarily to out to a minimum the amount of time taken in getting a returned book back on the shelves, the new system will give each volume an arbitrary numerical listing which will be written on a small dated slip of paper inserted in place of the present date sheet when the book is charged...
...excitement, the press dropped a few aitches. It was not sure whether Elizabeth took one dog or two on the honeymoon, whether the pet was a Welsh Corgi named Crackers, or Susan, or (according to one slip) just a dog named Corgi...
...hurtling railroad diner causes many a slip 'twixt cup and lip. Seasoned travelers know a goopish trick to keep their coffee from sloshing into the saucer: stick a spoon in the cup. Now science has come up with a trick worth two of that. Last week Westinghouse proudly announced an invention which it called the most important since the development of the spring: a super shock-absorber system that promises to smooth out the roughest roadbed. Now a passenger will be able to stroll the length of the train without sitting on a stranger...
Traditionalist Princeton has never allowed itself to slip out of modern American education's mainstream. Although the College operates for the most part within a framework of custom loving conservatism and the graduate school has not yet assumed significant size, "Princeton" the community is alive with intellectual adventure. There the Institute for Advanced Studies conducts its profound theoretical explorations; across town at headquarters of the Gallup Poll experts from the University's Office of Public Opinion Research provide technical assistance in the delicate process of national pulse-taking...