Word: slips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...political wisdom says, I don't care." It's not that Gore is rubbing crystals or espousing a national 12-step program. His stump speech is standard fare; he follows the "Q. and M." -- question and message of the day -- in countless public appearances. But the Tennessean can subtly slip into words like "dysfunction" and "inner child" as adroitly as his supporters buckle on their Birkenstocks. He makes eye contact when someone talks about "letting go." In conversation, Gore offers Zen-like nuggets like, "Sometimes you can only find something by losing...
...wants to slip back in for the ninth inning because his fans miss him. Perot resembles a middle-aged father leaving his wife and four kids because he's not happy--then returning a couple months later expecting to pick up the pieces...
When Lampoon writers get hungry, they slip out of the Castle and go to Tommy's or Pinnochio's, says John Aboud III '95. During the production of the recent Las Vegas issue, the staff kept themselves going on Pizzeria Uno's, he says...
...Monday, Sept. 14, Germany's central bank allowed a key interest rate to slip for the first time in five years, from 9.75% to 9.5%. The cut was hardly a generous one on a Continent desperate for cheaper credit and stronger growth, but it was enough to set off foreign-exchange traders already nervous about the upcoming French referendum on Maastricht...
...luckily for me, I'm not that dumb--I had my insurance card with me. The police officer behind the bullet-proof glass window handed me a pink slip and told me that "Pat's Towing Service" was just a straight walk down the street--straight and straight and straight. It was in Somerville. Past Inman Square. (I always wondered where that was.) Past about 12 car repair shops, each of which made me think that I was close to my destination...