Word: slipping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...French soprano Lily Pons, above, at Cap Ferrat, France.) Aarons didn't mean to satirize those scrumptious creatures, their opulence or their strangely bewitching narcissism. All the same, it's hard to turn the pages of this book, brimming with rich folk in full regalia--with their silky red slip-ons, their bikinis and their short shorts--and not laugh out loud...
...stuff but doesn't com promise elegance. Kate Spade also designed a Maclaren carriage, covered in?what else??polka dots. She sells a footed cashmere onesie and matching hat for infants, and for their mothers, baby bags that mirror Spade's signature totes. Young chaps can slip into a Herringbone shirt by Thomas Pink, downsized to fit lads ages 3 to 14, complete with encased collarbones and buttoned cocktail cuffs...
...PURSES ARE OFTEN the chicest choice to complement holiday finery, but most barely have room for a wallet, let alone the supplies to keep you party-pretty all night long. Now cosmetics companies are solving the space crunch with single servings of makeup: disposable beauty supplies small enough to slip into the sleekest bag--or a Christmas stocking...
ALZHEIMER'S One of the most tragic features of this neurological disease is the way patients slip away, slowly losing memory and other brain functions over a span of years. Now there is evidence that the long goodbye of Alzheimer's may begin even earlier than doctors suspected. A Swedish analysis of nearly 50 studies of the condition found that patients who go on to develop Alzheimer's show telltale signs--lapses in memory, reasoning, problem-solving ability, verbal fluency and attention skills--years before the disease is diagnosed. Such symptoms could serve as warning signals, say experts, but doctors...
...halftime score affect how we were playing,” Holsey said. “We just continued to play our game, and started playing well together.” Harvard came out strong in the first half, grabbing an early 11-point lead. That lead, however, would slip away at the end of the first half, as URI would rally to get back into the game. After this burst, the Crimson would take only its one possession lead into the intermission. After the break, Harvard started the second half the way it began the first. The only difference this...