For roughly the same fee as that which saw Lukaku depart, and even with his slight dip in form over recent months, his arrival was a masterstroke.
But one should not over-interpret this slight dip: in the first round of local elections in the town of Doubs, on February 1st, the Front National came in first, with thirty-two per cent of the vote over the ruling Socialist Party's twenty-eight per cent and the center-right U.M.P.'s twenty-six.
President Dmitri A. Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, who typically stay above the fray and beyond criticism, saw a slight dip in their approval ratings over the last few months.
A year ago, the NRF reported a year-over-year gain from August 2007 but a slight dip from the prior month, the first sign that a consumer spending downturn was underway.
Over the past several years, scores have remained relatively stagnant, showing a slight dip from 2014.
There'd been a slight dip, as there was with Alyssa.
Meanwhile Libor - the rate at which banks lend to each other - showed only a slight dip.
But sales are now flat and it is bracing for a slight dip in 2009.
"We had a slight dip this first quarter but our trend line is pretty flat.
Poland reported a slight dip in gas deliveries on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
