Word: slipping
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...friend of mine unwittingly missed the deadline for handing in study cards and soon discovered that his slip had cost him $40. My first impression was that this was an absurd amount to pay for handing in a bubble sheet one day late, so I called the registrar to do a little investigating...
...much worse for his campaign, Dole will start waving his wizened arm like a magic wand, frantically trying to capture the delegates he needs to win in San Diego. He will tell and retell the story of how his right arm was paralyzed. If his poll numbers continue to slip, he will begin adding tasteless details about shrapnel fragments, and finally, he will start choking into tears as he recounts the tale of his sacrifice...
...Gramm shares Alexander's dilemma, but he has more to lose. Gramm cannot rely on Dole to target Forbes much longer, since the Dole camp wants only to wound Forbes, not kill him off. That means Gramm will have to attack Forbes on the air if he hopes to slip past him in the polls. In Dole's dreams, Gramm comes in second in Iowa and Forbes places second in New Hampshire, so it does not boil down to a two-man race too early. Ideally, by the time Forbes' weaknesses have been highlighted, it would be too late...
...underground star in England's insurgent "Jungle" scene--a musical form featuring resonant bass lines and expressive, sometimes relentless percussion. But his new CD, Timeless, is a challenge to the boundaries of this still nascent music. Mixing elements of techno, jazz and soothing ambient music, Goldie's compositions defiantly slip the grasp of any one genre and instead slide back and forth between high-energy passages that make you want to dance and quiet interludes that make you want to assume the lotus position and meditate--or at least daydream a little...
...House dining halls for hours. As long as someone is eating or drinking something (and everyone at the table conveniently takes turns going up for dessert, or more coffee), it would be rude to get up from the table. And so we sit, happy to let precious studying time slip through our fingers...