Word: slips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson defensemen continually knocked the puck away from Wildcats breaking into the zone, and if, on a rare occasion, they let somebody slip by for a shot, Lau was playing backboard in the net. That's nothing new for him against UNH, though, as he's now 4-0 against the Wildcats, including a 4-1 win in Durham two years...
...picker. Brown swaggers and staggers through the play's increasingly disjointed action with true comic aplomb, bawling "There's More Than One Way of Skinnin' a Cat" with reckless disregard for his tone-deafness, and applying his sense of dramatic timing to the moments that his cohorts largely let slip...
...writers who have had clothing on their minds-Dickens, Proust and Balzac-Lurie can be cranky, bright, bitchy and as startling as a nudist at a dress ball. The Language of Clothes may never be used as a standard text, but it is ideal for those who want to slip into something more comfortable...
Perhaps the saddest dilemma facing South Florida is the plight of the refugees from Haiti. Law enforcement officials pick up about 500 Haitians a month on Florida's beaches, but probably just as many slip in without getting caught. The 600-mile journey from Haiti is often arduous, a measure of how desperately Haitians want to leave their country. Many sell all their possessions and hire professional smugglers, who often starve them, beat them, or even dump them overboard. Others pool their money to buy a makeshift boat and then hire a local fisherman, who may know little about navigation...
When Yale has the ball, don't let halfback Rich Diana (33), quarterback John Rogan (19) or split end Curtis Grieve (81) slip out of your sight. Because just as quick as you lose them they can slip into the end zone...