Word: slips
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...state handily in an election held now. Even North Carolina's Terry Sanford, a strong Kennedy supporter, sadly admitted that "certainly President Kennedy isn't as popular in North Carolina as he was six months ago." Sanford figured he knew the reason for the President's slip in the South-Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Said Sanford: "We had it knocked before this civil rights business. If he would fire Bobby tomorrow, we'd have it licked again...
Wanted: Wallets, purses, jewelry, valuables. Please leave them on your desk, in nearby cabinets or other accessible places when you leave your office. We will slip by to pick them up. Thanks for past favors...
...families. They have established themselves as leaders of society and top island boosters, put together a $150 million business network that includes land, barges, railroads, trucking, buildings, docks and warehouses. But Hawaii no longer offers the opportunities it once did. Its old business families have seen their power gradually slip and more aggressive competitors move in to challenge their economic predominance. Building contracts are fewer, and the real estate market is weak. The Dillingham family has therefore set itself broader sights. Under the direction of third-generation Lowell Dillingham, 53, it is shucking its old parochialism and moving into...
...avoid these entirely. You may compare this to the winning of a pet dog. There is no point in trying to match nails and teeth, but it is a relatively simple matter to turn him on his back and tickle his tummy. It is then easy to slip a collar...
...seven rounds, Giardello pecked at the face that Robinson once promised "ain't nobody gonna muss this up." Robinson covered up and clinched. A left hook bounced Ray to the canvas for a six-count in the fourth. The referee graciously called it a slip. With three rounds to go, Sugar Ray desperately attacked, but his punches had no sting and the officials' cards were unanimous: 49.43, 48-45, 47-43-all for Giardello. In his dressing room, while flunkies fanned his flab, Ray Robinson grimaced sadly: his $14,500 purse had been attached by federal taxmen...