Word: slips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatest irony, though, is that if any team seems fragile here, it is the flighty Suns. Despite the massive presence of Barkley, they had to slip past their opponents in the play-offs as if through cracks in half-closed doors. The Bulls, by contrast, triumphed over their opponents, including the revitalized New York Knicks, with the sleek solidity of returning champions. Which only shows, perhaps, that the various constellations on both teams are perfectly aligned with their central stars. Suns and Bulls: the names alone tell us that for the next two weeks we will be witnessing a heavenly...
...Such neglect hardened Guinier's resolve and sense of independence. By the time Clinton realized Guinier was in serious trouble, not just with conservatives but also with liberals like the Senate Judiciary Committee's Joseph Biden and Ted Kennedy, it was already too late to persuade her to slip quietly out of town...
...easy to slip and get hurt. I might not pay attention to where I'm going...
...regular exam, help from friends can help make up for semester-long slacking. But even the most diligent tutoring cannot ensure that someone who has blown off a class will not slip up on a standard exam. On an advance question final, only the most actively misanthropic loner is ever in danger of getting a deserved low grade...
...valley in eastern Bosnia, American Special Forces troops with blackened faces silently slip out of a tree line to point laser beams at Serbian artillery pieces, ammunition stores and fuel dumps. The F/A-18 Hornet and A-6 Intruder aircraft from the carriers roar in, lock on to the laser spots and send their bombs streaking toward the targets...