"After five years of preparation, a small slip like this and a few moments can undermine the most meticulous preparation, " he added.

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Anyway, why would a small-town Wisconsin band slip in a union anthem?

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AIDS. The likelihood that a mutant protein can slip through unnoticed is small: the spectrometer can tell apart proteins that differ by less than a tenth of a proton mass in weight.

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And while it can fit into a large pocket or handbag, the Note isn't going to slip unobtrusively into your jeans or a small purse.

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Easy-to-use gadgets that can keep track of your schedule, but are small enough to slip into a shirt pocket, palmtops are rapidly becoming the filo-faxes of the digital age.

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The original iPad and its first wave of rivals measured about 10 inches across, but more recent entries such as Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7 have been 7 inches -- small enough to slip into a coat pocket.

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