Word: slipping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...reacted skeptically to the political agreement, doubting whether it will cause actual changes. It has offered to help with financial resources once Zimbabwe demonstrates a certain degree of self-help, but Britain’s safe approach may miss an opportunity for international aid that America must not let slip. South Africa remains bound by its proximity and local trade deals with Zimbabwe, in addition to its role as a neutral mediator in African politics...
...attackers.Although shots were aplenty, the lack of polish in Harvard’s finishes kept the Crimson chasing a result in the waning minutes of the match.With five minutes to play, Pennock was once again called into action. A clever through-ball from the midfield allowed Akpan to slip past URI’s center backs and allowed the star forward to get off a glancing shot on goal. Despite slipping past a stingy backline, the ball could not sneak through an outstretched Pennock as the Rams’ keeper got his foot on the ball to deflect the potential...
...blather and chicanery. But there are rules and traditions too. In the early weeks of the general-election campaign, a consensus has grown in the political community - a consensus that ranges from practitioners like Karl Rove to commentators like, well, me - that John McCain has allowed his campaign to slip the normal bounds of political propriety. The situation has gotten so intense that we in the media have slipped our normal rules as well. Usually when a candidate tells something less than the truth, we mince words. We use euphemisms like mendacity and inaccuracy ... or, as the Associated Press...
...riding high now. When your popularity starts to slip - and if you do a good job of governing, your popularity will slip - issues you may consider resolved will come back to haunt you. Let's take one such issue: class. Most Britons seem pretty relaxed about you and your posh colleagues taking charge. But if you pick up the keys to 10 Downing Street while Britain's economy is still tanking, your period of grace could be painfully short...
...made an off-the-cuff threat that Washington would withdraw millions of aid dollars should Morales win. Morales was an underdog at the time, but the threat drove his numbers through the roof - such is the anti-Yanqui sentiment in Bolivia. Indeed, some observers say it was Rocha's slip-up that forced a run-off between Morales and the eventual winner, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada...