Word: slipping
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...imagination meanders off into whimsy. But they are rare. Most of the boxes offer the spectacle of a man drenched in memory and association, reinventing the past in the full light of what modernism entailed: a formal strictness, a banishment of rhetoric and an almost unequaled power to slip down through the mind's strata...
...lobbying coalition together in which Bayh was only the Senate spokesman. In any case, the liberals who support Udall and Shriver would be happy to settle for Bayh, but problems in Bayh's organization have allowed Udall, by virtue of his finish ahead of Bayh in New Hampshire, to slip into the role of liberal frontrunner...
...talking alone. Yet "struggling" is a pretty exhausting process mentally, if not physically. The victim sits surrounded by his fellow inmates, head bowed, as they hurl phrases like "Down with the obstinate prisoner" or "Confess or face the consequences." Sometimes forbidden words, "liar," "scum" or "son of a bitch" slip in--and the gang's abuse is too relentless for comedy. Even a strong-willed victim's only out is to pretend to confess sincerely, and the realization that he must acquiesce to struggling eventually makes him as complacent as one who could never resist...
...dangerous time for me. Dealing with Hollywood studios is like being courted by a great prince. At first they're lovely, murmuring 'Oh, my sweet girl, how I adore you and want you.' I tell them, 'Ba fungoo!' They don't stop. They slip to their knees before you imploringly. But you can see in the brightness of their eyes that they know they are the great prince and in the end they are going to break your...
...like most of the students at Harvard, your I.D. card is just a 2 in. by 3 in. slip of plastic with a picture you'd rather forget, a nine-digit number you wish you could remember, and a little black stripe that serves absolutely no purpose...