Word: slips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could be any of them. They slip into your Core classes and scamper right up to the front of the room. As if impelled by something deep inside, they belt out the first few bars of some vaguely familiar song. Then one of them steps out from the group to identify the ensemble and invite you to its "jam." Finally, they rattle off a few more notes and disappear as quickly as they arrived...
...been any consolation for proud Russian scientists, it's that these problems have occurred out of sight of Western eyes. But the space agency--long a symbol of Russian technical prowess and widely considered to be the best in the world as recently as the late 1980s--could not slip so quietly into eclipse...
Will your next pair of shades be Ray Bans, Revos or possibly SimulEyes? The latest in virtual-reality glasses are so inexpensive that they may slip into the mainstream. The glasses' effects make games seem more lifelike: the end of a "hallway," for example, creeps up just like the real thing. Of course, these specs may make you look more like a monster from your favorite game than an Armani model. ($99; StereoGraphics...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The American worker of today has no voice on Wall Street. Too many companies, realizing healthy profits, reward today's worker with a pink slip and a good recommendation...
...feel that students' academic advisors should already give them more attention if their grades are especially low but not low enough to require withdrawal or probation. However, we realize that some students may continue to slip through the cracks in the advising system if the academic standards are not raised. Thus, we urge the CUE and the Faculty Council to support Dean Lewis' proposal and the Faculty to approve...