Word: sloping
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...next day, while Breashears stayed at Camp 3 to assist descending climbers, Schauer and Viesturs hiked to Camp 4 to help bring Weathers down. For most of the morning, the Texan was half-led, half-carried down the slope, at one point sitting still while he was secured with rope and lowered like a 200-lb. rucksack. When the team reached Camp 3, they were joined by Breashears and a group of Sherpas bringing Makalu Gao down. Together they trekked to Camp 2, where they learned that a helicopter--which could never have stayed aloft in the tenuous air near...
...Teachers expressed concern that I would lose my focus, that this would be a small step that would lead to slippery slope whereby I would abandon all hopes of continuing my education,” he says...
...went into building the fortifications in this valley alone had been extraordinary, and these were just three of dozens, possibly hundreds, scattered throughout southern Lebanon. The steel plates and girders, as well as the digging tools, sandbags and other equipment had to be carried by hand up the steep slope from the valley floor and welded into place in the cramped claustrophobic tunnels. And Hizballah's engineers had managed to work undetected, despite near daily reconnaissance flights by Israeli jets and drones...
...with the educational mission of the school. Kenneth Starr of Monica Lewinsky fame, who represented the principal, asked the court to carve out a “drug exception” to student free speech. This represents the virulent erosion of centuries of constitutional precedent and is a slippery slope towards an even sharper reduction in the free speech rights of students. After all, if “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” tangentially relates to school curriculum, almost anything could be linked to the school’s mission. Frederick’s message is almost incomprehensible...
...with food, office supplies, and other personal expenses. A separate allotment for books is a step in the right direction.Administrators, however, have legitimate concerns about creating stipends for various student expenses. Each student’s needs are unique, and creating exceptions for specific needs could be a slippery slope toward a “shampoo budget” from the Financial Aid Office. But, already, exceptions are made for special cases like winter coats or the Student Events Fund, which pays for tickets to campus events which students on financial aid might not otherwise be able to attend...