Word: slipping
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...topless dance party. On top of the wooden tables usually reserved for laptops, Red Bulls, and bound books, the students moved awkwardly to techno for the short period before the “Anti-Fun Czar” (i.e., the late-late-night guard) entered with orange citation slips in hand. As one student discovered on a 24-hour study binge in Lamont accompanied by Chinese takeout and innumerable frappucinos, the threatening slips have no actual power. Even though the guard warned her that “the next slip will be your last,” when she received...
While discussing the work done by UNIFEM, a human-rights organization, NICOLE KIDMAN let slip to PEOPLE magazine that country singer KEITH URBAN, her boyfriend and date for the charity's 30th-anniversary gala, was "actually my fianc." She said, "I wouldn't be bringing my boyfriend." ('Cause that would be tacky.) Urban's publicist later confirmed the betrothal. The affianced, both Aussies and both 38, met in January 2005 at a dinner given by the Australian government but weren't spotted together in public until July. Since then, they've been seen strolling quietly hand in hand...
...that doesn’t make them any less ugly. These gardening clogs-cum-vaguely-acceptable-footwear will definitely be seen this summer. Just don’t let yourself be seen in them. Even at $29.99, it’s not worth your money or your dignity to slip on these buoyant bad boys...
...Abramoff turned to Volz. "[Safavian] said the quickest way to get this done is to slip it into a moving bill which directs GSA to transfer the property to the school," Abramoff wrote on July 21, 2002 to Volz. "Any chance of slipping into the election reform bill?" Volz replied, "The election reform negotiators have been meeting all weekend and may be close to agreement. This means we would have to move asap." "You are wonderful," Abramoff responded...
...possession probably two-thirds or three-quarters of the time, because John Henry was doing such a good job on faceoffs,” Anderson said.Despite the dominating performance at midfield, what Flood will remember most about Saturday’s game was the one that he let slip away.“It’s just my job to go out there and just try to pick up the ball,” Flood said.“Unfortunately, in the last overtime, it just squirted the wrong way. What can you say?”DEFENSELESSThough Harvard...