Word: slipping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...little tougher to pull off, like the belligerent knight who keeps fighting and taunting even as his limbs are hacked off one by one. "We've had long and anxious talks about it," admits Idle. "We're not going to spill blood all over the stage; the dancers might slip and break their legs. But there are a lot of things we're going...
...protector of America's economic future, Greenspan sometimes acts to head off scenarios that are exceedingly remote but, in the worst case, could do extreme damage. Concerned last year that growth was not taking hold despite large tax cuts and worried over the slim possibility that the economy could slip into a deflationary spiral, he opted to cut short-term interest rates to 1%, their lowest level since 1958. "His policy was to move aggressively to pre-empt the chance that this small-probability event would ever take place," says Roger Ferguson, the Fed's vice chairman. "The reward...
...including a massive jump in ad spends and primo placement on nbc's reality-TV show The Apprentice. One result: Colgate-Palmolive's toothpaste business, anchored in the eponymous brand, is losing market share. Though still the category leader in the U.S. and globally, Colgate has seen U.S. share slip, from 35.3% at the beginning of 2003 to 33.3% during the second quarter of this year, according to Smith Barney stock research. In September, Colgate said its second-half profits would be lower than expected, in part because it was stepping up its own ad spending...
...diesel rumbling of a shuttle in the shadows nearby, and as it rounded the corner, he spotted a stainless steel miracle—a bike rack, gleaming under the streetlights, affixed to the grill of the nighttime savior. He approached it eagerly, and spotted instructions attached. Pull, drop, heave, slip, stretch, and release. Done. Fifteen seconds later, Dartboard was sitting in the front seat of the shuttle, admiring his handiwork perched on the other side of the windshield...
...until the bright lights of Currier were in sight did Dartboard’s heart rate begin to return to normal. Stretch, release, slip, heave, pull and lift: Dartboard’s wheels were free, and he was home safely for the night but still pondering what his next nighttime modus transporandi would be. But the novelty and convenience of the racks have been so addicting that Dartboard finds himself using them again and again—although still sweating it out each time. And while the chipper folks at transportation services confirm they’ve never lost...