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Word: slips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unflinchingly direct language of the Columbia guidelines leaves no room for confusion. On the subject of condoms, for example: "During withdrawal, hold the rim of the condom firmly against the penis so that the condom cannot slip off and no semen can escape." On fellatio: "The risk here is for the partner performing fellatio. It is common to have small cuts and sores in the mouth; even brushing your teeth can cause abrasions. This creates a route of entry for the virus in semen." On assessing personal risk: "Are you a man who has had sex with other men that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Chill: Fear of AIDS | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

While the Port-au-Prince government is preoccupied with law-and-order, the ^ populace is more disturbed by the slow pace of justice. Although two Duvalier cronies, including Luc Desyr, the former Tonton Macoutes chief, have been packed off to prison, scores of others have been allowed to slip out of the country. Says Manigat: "The government is perceived as weak and slow in the de-Duvalierization of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti; Limping Toward Democracy | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...today. Despite a painfully difficult dialogue with the American Administration and despite the unfortunate failure in mutual understanding at Reykjavik -- and even though a West European leader let slip a shocking comparison of our leader with Goebbels -- glasnost is expanding and gaining in strength. True, it is sometimes sabotaged by those creaky armchair warriors who feel their comfortable seats being pulled from under them. But they will not succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Poet's View of Glasnost | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

Coming out fast and furious in the first period, Harvard forced Dartmouth goalie Kelley Coyne to make 24 saves and still managed to slip three goals past the Green netminder. Lind led the way, scoring the first goal on a Sasner assist. "It's just infectious when one person, like Brita, is skating really fast," Sasner said. "She brought the whole team...

Author: By Kristin Olson, | Title: Icewomen Down Green; Lind Leads Crimson, 5-1 | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

Although its name is Spanish for "Big River," the Rio Grande is often more like a stream as it winds for 1,248 miles along the Texas-Mexico border. Each month thousands of Mexicans slip into the U.S. simply by wading across the river, often without getting their knees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico: The Torrent vs. The Flood | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

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