He said that "a couple of times" he has worried about being given a pink slip - in other words, worried about being sacked.
Technology executives in particular had plenty to apologize for this past year--from defective products to slip-ups in how they handled private data collected via the Internet.
And what will they turn on -- a personality quirk like Gore sighing impatiently during a debate with Bush in 2000, a factual slip-up as in 1976 when President Ford said Poland was not under control of Soviet Union, or a deeper discussion on an important issue?
He hypothesizes that the slip-up in "Mother Goose, " which is actually one of Ravel's simpler scores in terms of harmony and orchestration, was a proofreading lapse on the composer's part.
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When a company is trying as hard as Nokia is to revive its products, strategy and well, itself, you feel uncomfortable about pointing to their latest slip-up in the long, hard climb to better things.
The key question is whether advertisers will interpret this one-month slip in unique users as a sign that social networking--at least in Europe--is not all it is cracked up to be.
After letting a seven-point lead slip away in the first half, Memphis surged back ahead with a 15-4 run early in the third quarter that featured two driving layups and a jumper by Conley.
The defeat in Chester-le-Street means Australia slip from first to third in the one-day rankings as they defend the Champions Trophy.
Hamilton, who had been tracked by Dundee at the top of the table, return to Scotland's top flight for the first time in 19 years, while Clyde slip into second-bottom place in the table.
Forget standing in line: the 85-slip marina will have you yacht-loaded and sea-bound in record time.
The 27-year-old beat former champion and seven seed Jankovic despite letting slip a 5-2 lead in the first set, Martinez Sanchez eventually fighting back to win via a tie-break.
As the rain comes down, fans have taken to sliding across water-slickened tarps and muddy stretches in a makeshift slip-and-slide.
Of course, I noticed the name the moment he handed over the paying-in slip.
His intent to make good on that slip-up was clear in Brazil as he blew away the previous course best by four strokes.
By the time middle America catches on to a new style--say, slingback sneakers that slip on and have a strap in back--Skechers has a lower-priced lookalike in stores.
Playing her first tournament since injuring her ankle at January's Australian Open, Na let both a 5-1 lead in the first set -- and then a 6-1 lead in the tie break -- slip before dismissing the 19-year-old who had knocked out Caroline Wozniacki and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
No - in this case it was careless, slip-shod batting against bowling that was straight but not menacing.
Any slip-up at any stage in any area of reform will automatically lead to a freezing of the loan.
It says this leads to "slip-shod" hygiene standards in hospitals.
Many of the actors or news anchors whose slip-ups and outbursts appear in such shows watch them through gritted teeth while the rest of us are giggling, all because they signed away their rights.
That means looking for the best way to avoid the fatal blips in the slip-road traffic flow, and also finding out how to correct the consequences quickly if a blip does nevertheless slip through.
Spurs had let a 2-0 lead slip in their opening Champions League group game at Werder Bremen and allowed Twente hope of a comeback as Chadli poked in a shot after the home side failed to clear a free-kick.
Brandon League coughed up the lead with two outs and Josh Wall gave up a grand slam to Jordany Valdespin in the 10th as the Dodgers let one slip away in a 7-3 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday.
Glamorgan let slip a 37-point lead in County Championship Division Two and were held to their third draw in a row by Derbyshire in the final game of the season, allowing Worcestershire to pip them by five points to the second promotion spot.
So when cost of living is taken into account, richer, higher paid, higher taxed nations like Denmark slip in the pay scale rankings to lower than mid-table in the ECA list of 55.
So when Anderson picked up two more wickets in a single over by removing Smith (18) and Peter Siddle (2) - both edging to slip - to make it 189-8, the hosts looked in really poor shape.
Elsewhere on Saturday, 35-year-old Tommy Haas of Germany let a record 12 match points slip in the fourth set, then saved a match point in the fifth en route to eliminating big-serving American John Isner 7-5, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-7 (10), 10-8 in 4 hours, 37 minutes.
And Rosset - who lives in Monaco - looked to be heading to another defeat when he let his serve slip again in the fifth game.
Anyway, why would a small-town Wisconsin band slip in a union anthem?
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