Word: slipping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...newspapers might slant the news or be guilty of inaccuracies and omissions, but Government selection of what is news "could be equally wrong." He smiled wryly at Lomakin as he quoted Russia's Leo Tolstoy: "The thought of censorship hangs over me like a cloud, and the years slip by with nothing done...
...General Education. This is simply that in the thought and action of great men lies that "Western Tradition" which should reach every student in explicit fashion. By permitting the scrupulously tended GE courses to become another option of the undergraduate shopping for intellectual condiment, the underlying crucial purpose will slip away from sight. Similarly, the poll results show that an overwhelming number of men now in the courses feel increased enrollment in the section meetings will drastically lower instruction value. Will not the jump in size which must accompany extension of the Program to the entire body of Freshmen...
...Hecht tells how the scientists discovered that atoms are made up of smaller particles, including the notorious neutron, which can slip into an atom's nucleus. Once Dr. Hecht has the reader aware of neutrons, he finds it easy to explain how some atoms can be disrupted by neutron infiltration, loosing a gush of energy...
High Prices. "The little man with the red face and short arms stops jumping up and down. Then he nudges the man standing next to him, says: 'How's golf been, Harry?' Before Harry can answer, a redheaded messenger dashes up, hands him a pink slip. Harry reads it close to his chest, yells: 'Sell July one. Sell July one.' The red-faced man and a dozen other traders rush him, wave their hands at him, shout in his face, scream in his ears, tug at his sleeves, dance up and down before his eyes...
...that only lasted five minutes. The Tribune was good for fifteen more. Then he walked through the firedoor to the other end of the adjoining room, and then he walked back. Everybody was in the books, and finals were a few days away. He took out a laundry slip and the bag, but that was silly, if he was leaving the next day, so he put them away...