Word: slipping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...work while Japs still spat bullets from behind grass-grown earth works on dead ships. Flamethrowers disposed of the Japs; then Sullivan's men methodically disposed of the snips. Sixty salvagers, half of them divers, had formed the first team, clearing 45 "sugar Charlies," (small Jap freighters) from Slip 2 in the north harbor, so LCTs could land ammunition and food. Soon 20 teams swarmed over the harbor's hulks...
...long weeks of the roaring bull market, Wall Streeters had almost forgotten the old saw: what goes up must come down. Last week, they remembered it. The reminder began shortly before noon on Thursday. For no apparent reason, stocks began to slip, were soon tumbling under a flood of selling orders. Twice the ticker fell behind sales...
...younger sister, only to find that Miss Smith has no use for him. In the course of describing just how his wife looked when he last saw her, he makes a single mistake that punctures his otherwise airtight alibi. Since mystery-hardened cinemaddicts can hardly fail to miss his slip, it becomes much too clear, from there on, how and by whom he is being brought to justice. The method: to make him believe that his wife is still alive, by leaving her perfume fresh in their bedroom, her wedding ring in the parlor safe, etc., etc., until he begins...
Amazing, But . . . Thrice-widowed Louise, once again the defendant at a murder trial, saw the District Attorney slip the Denton trial transcript into evidence against her. She heard him describe the deadly parallel, noted that the jury -eleven women and one man - appeared to find it amazing but not incredible. This time, Louise decided to testify...
...Pacific, falls in love with gentle Jennifer Burton, whom he has never seen. Will Jennifer's father, Dr. Burton, be able to do anything for Otto's sight? Will Otto still love Jennifer if he no longer has to lean on her? Meanwhile, Otto has managed to slip across several effective plugs for international cooperation...