Word: slipping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...clobber alone demands a double take. In blue sports coat and strides, white slip-ons sans socks, and with a splash of bling around his tanned neck, he looks less like Australia's third longest-serving Prime Minister than a 1970s bookie. Then again, with his lean frame and flowing mane, Bob Hawke also looks terrific for a bloke who'll turn 78 a fortnight after the Nov. 24 election. Rich nowadays and in want of nothing material, what he'd like most for his birthday is a change of government. On this warm weekday afternoon, at a mall...
...almost every participant took a shot at Clinton--who has a significant lead in most polls--the semi-coordinated attacks of John Edwards and Barack Obama did the most damage. Obama left many of the hard knocks to his rival from North Carolina and then took the openings to slip in his own message...
...Operation Al Fajr. At least 900 shops and factories were destroyed or seriously damaged in a district that employed about 70% of Fallujah's workforce. To fully revive the city, the area has to return to its old industrious self. But doing that may allow al-Qaeda to slip back in. Marine officials say the bomb-laden vest they found Thursday looked new enough to indicate that that's just what al-Qaeda is trying...
Both teams are coming off of frustrating losses last weekend--Brown blew a 17-point third-quarter lead at Cornell and Penn let unbeaten Yale slip through its fingers in overtime. And they play with contrasting styles. Penn prefers to wear down foes with rugged running back Joe Sandberg. Brown is airing it out with QB Michael Dougherty, who has already surpassed the 2,000-yard mark. Quakers by a red, spongy clown nose...
...With her revelation, Rowling has established more clearly than ever that she has cultural power. Now if only she could just let slip Hermione’s opposition to the genocide in Darfur...