Word: slips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some questioners could not stand for such a morally disinterested attitude. One man (who by a slip of the tongue called the Secretary "Mr. Chamberlain") asked, "What irks you about Jews in the Golan Heights?" He was referring, of course, to Christopher's shuttle diplomacy between Jerusalem and Damascus to restore peace between Israel and Syria. The Secretary all but dismissed the notion of this Israeli citizen's attachment to his land...
...Jungle" scene--a musical form featuring resonant bass lines and expressive, sometimes relentless percussion. Goldie's new CD, "Timeless," is a challenge to the boundaries of this still nascent music, notes TIME's Christopher John Farley. "Mixing elements of techno, jazz and soothing ambient music, Goldie's compositions defiantly slip the grasp of any one genre and instead slide back and forth between high-energy passages that make you want to dance and quiet interludes that make you want to assume the lotus position and meditate--or at least daydream a little. Wander in to this collection and find yourself...
...matter what the final outcome, this was a bad week for Gingrich. He exposed just how quickly the House that he had mastered could slip away from him. He handed the White House an enormous public relations win, while losing his leverage in the battle. He elevated his G.O.P. rival Bob Dole, who double-crossed Gingrich by boldly declaring that the shutdown wasn't working and by separating himself and his chamber from the House of ill repute...
Though the White House has portrayed Armey as the conservatives' attack dog, he was virtually (and uncharacteristically) silent in these negotiations, as he sat taking copious notes and, as McCurry put it, "kicking Gingrich under the table when necessary." Every so often, though, he had to excuse himself and slip out of the room. Three years ago, the First Lady declared that the entire White House would be a no-smoking zone as long as her husband was President. This means heavy smokers such as Armey had to slip out to the Rose Garden colonnade for a smoking break...
...hires? No, new fires. Or at least AT&T employees who have been told they are "unassigned" (translation: they can expect a pink slip any day). Murray Hill is one of seven AT&T "resource centers" around the country where laid-off employees can spend their last days with the company typing up resumes and looking through computer databases for leads to new jobs. These centers will be among the busiest places in the company throughout the year. AT&T will be letting go 40,000 more employees, or 13% of its entire staff, about 70% of them before...