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the slippages
noun
The act of slipping, especially from a secure location.
Exact(10)
To wit, an exhibit showing corporate logos apparently also illustrated "the slippages of identity between immediate recognizability and total arbitrariness".
These failures of imagination, the slippages into received reactionary ideas, are particularly jarring precisely because so much of the rest of the book is illuminating and compassionate.
What always mattered was the tale that Huntley would tell and then how the prosecution would make him un-tell it, undoing the story, looking at the slippages through which truth might seep.
"We can't let the slippages on offenses and missed assignments drain us or our actual energy -- when things don't go right we can't let that get us down," Houston said.
The novel – which tells the story of the molecular biologist Benedict Lambert, great-great-great nephew of Gregor Mendel, who suffers from achondroplasia (dwarfism) – tackles science with tools that have become hallmarks of his writing: multiple timelines; an exploitation of the slippages and spaces between languages; a fascination with memory.
When approaching failure, the slippages increased significantly.
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How quickly came the slippage.
The French feel the slippage keenly.
The slippage is a specific thing.
THE SLIPPAGE By Ben Greenman 288 pages.
From then on, the slippage was steady.
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