Word: slips
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...going to be "any problems" on the slopes. My father would become very angry at anyone who had the nerve to warn him that his or her boots were probably three sizes too small. Of course, there are absolutely no places to buy ski boots on Christmas. So the slip-up would invariably mean a quick trip to the local ski outfitting shop the next morning, meaning we'd be off to a late start, meaning...
...things were tougher in the second stanza. The Harvard offense continued to run aground on the tough Bentley man-to-man defense, and the Bentleys showed an increasing ability to slip through the Crimson zone. Bentley's Judy Paratore came up with a few successful layups and some slick ballhandling...
...slip back toward politics as usual has raised no cries of alarm, because even the bad old system managed to produce a federal judiciary of a generally high quality. Many of the U.S.'s most respected jurists, including every Chief Justice but Harlan Slone, were political activists before taking the bench. But the Democratic Congress is now completing action on a bill to expand the federal judiciary by one-third, adding 113 new district and 35 new appellate judgeships. The bill has been delayed for years, awaking a Democratic President, and legislators are rubbing their hands in anticipation...
...worker of 1976 is now marked by critics as the political incompetent of 1977 " The New York Daily News's James Wieghart saw a "concern bordering on panic ... friends and advisers feel his presidency hangs in the balance." When the polls at last did begin to show a slip in Carter's popularity, how could any Jeremiah make his alarms more alarmist...
...speech at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., he said he had no intention of "letting the money supply grow at a rate that will fuel the fires of inflation." He added that unless Government policies shift to bolster business confidence, unemployment may remain high, and the economy could soon slip into another recession...