Word: slipping
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...work has its drawbacks. "After multiple meals at a hotel recently, I just couldn't take another bite," confides Pokodner. "If I did this all the time I'd weigh 400 pounds." Mystery shoppers quickly pick up tricks of the trade: how to spill drinks into potted plants or slip uneaten pork chops into a hidden plastic bag (a trick that can backfire if the waiter looks around for the bones...
...Odds for Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo, the race's biggest upset since 1913 $864,253.50 Value of a winning Kentucky Derby betting slip lost by a punter from Phoenix, Arizona. It was later found crumpled on the floor and returned...
...North and South Korea are scheduled to meet this week; according to South Korea's Unification Ministry, Seoul will again press Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks. But polite prodding could give way to big sticks if the North detonates a nuclear device. "The situation would slip out of control," says a senior South Korean official. "It would create such an uproar, such a strong reaction from around the world." A brother's patience is not boundless...
...Tennessee-based Mac accessory maker Griffin Technology has created new interfaces to make iPods even more versatile. For iPodiacs, there's nothing like cruising on the open road to a customized list of tunes. But driving with headphones is illegal, so Griffin has designed a smart solution. Just slip the SmartDeck adapter ($29.95) into any cassette player and operate your iPod via the stereo controls. If your battery becomes drained after days of driving, plug your iPod into TuneJuice ($19.99), which converts an ordinary 9-volt battery into poddable energy, to get eight extra hours of playtime. Your...
...attempts to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003. U.S. counterterrorism officials told TIME that the CIA suspects al-Libbi was involved in a terrorist plot timed to coincide with last November's U.S. presidential election, including "training and supporting people and planning to send operatives" who could slip into the U.S. "He was a key operations guy," says the source. "His operations weren't confined to Afghanistan or Pakistan but extended into the West...