Word: slips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With four players out because of injury, a short-handed Harvard rugby team allowed a six point lead to slip away as it dropped a 7-6 decision to the Ephmen of Williams College at Williamstown, Mass...
Hurrah! A quorum was now present. The council continued debate on the budget. For another hour and a half. Though three stalwart men guarded the exits, council members somehow managed to slip away during the debates. The council was on the verge of voting on the complete budget when someone moved for another quorum call...
...tried to slip a shot under Falle's pads but the senior netminder sent the puck skidding away...
...events may slip away quickly, for the same reason they seem so vivid at the moment. The revolution during the past few weeks has been played on television, a serial docudrama of easily read scenes and unambiguous images. Network anchormen went on location for the elections. The principals in the story sought news shows as their war grounds. English was spoken there. Exposition was clear, continuity assured. As if to emphasize the context, the major battle was over a television station. Strong characters emerged: Vice President Salvador Laurel (crafty); General Fidel Ramos (heroic); the once- and-future Defense Minister Juan...
McEvoy made 29 saves against the Knights--seven more than he did against the Huskies--but allowed four more shots to slip...