Meanwhile in Somerset, the Burnham-on-Sea lifeboat crews dealt with the longest shout of the summer - nearly 18 hours - when they joined the search for four-year-old Dylan Cecil, who drowned last month after slipping from a jetty while on a family holiday.

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"It was important to get back to basics today and keep a clean sheet after slipping up at Motherwell last weekend, " explained Commons.

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Since 1980, stocks are up about 12 times, even after the slipping and sliding of the last 10 years.

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Its share is decreasing, slipping to just 27% last year.

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But O'Neill left in 2010 after a dustup over the pursuit of new talent and Villa has been slipping since, collecting only 38 points last season, good for 16th place.

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His popularity rating has slipped from around 50% when he took office last September to under 20% today (and even slipping below 10% earlier this year).

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So while the momentum in the broad market appears to be slipping, there may be some opportunities among last week's 27 selling climaxes identified by Investors Intelligence.

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Nor will Mr. Obama get any of the spending wish list he sent to House Speaker John Boehner last week, since a deal was his only real shot at slipping in some of that money.

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The party's ratings have been slipping since its leader urged supporters to reject constitutional changes in a referendum last year.

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Now, you might find this hard to believe after slipping and sliding and clinging to your steering wheel during a whiteout, like the kind that enveloped Michigan last week.

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