Yet the politics of this country remain slippery.
Yet, perhaps politicians remain as slippery as ever: 24 hours later, Clegg was pictured in a first-class carriage, chatting to journalists.
If you cover the pan, the top of the whites (including the layer over the yolk) cooks and turns white and firm, rather than remaining clear and slippery.
Slippery slopes have been slid down and a side of the human mind that once remained in shadow has reared its head.
History can be slippery in Turkey, which became a modern state in 1923, assembled from the ethnic patchwork of what remained of the Ottoman Empire.
Even at higher elevations, where raindrops could be five degrees below freezing, they don't crystallize into sleet or snow, which would be less slippery; instead, they remain in a liquid, "supercooled" state, until they "nucleate" — become ice — on striking anything hard, such as the road surface or a car.
DO NOT USE powdered cleaners as undissolved powders can remain after cleaning and develop into a slippery film or haze which distracts from the natural look of unglazed tiles.
However, play was cancelled for the day shortly after 20 00 BST and remaining matches moved to Monday after the grass was adjudged too slippery to play on.
Sheriff Dart, in Illinois, said it was a "slippery slope when you have individuals deciding whether they can lawfully remain in their homes".
Once a back-marker dropped oil onto the track, the remaining Brabham was in a class of its own, seemingly unaffected by the slippery surface.
