The Sonic also comes packed with standard goodies like Bluetooth capability, a USB port, steering wheel controls, a hill-hold feature to keep you from sliding backwards as you stop on grades, and a 5-year, 100, 000-mile powertrain limited warranty.

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If Dr Jaafari is to stand a chance of making peace among his fellow Iraqis, he needs to change tack both in the way he builds a ruling coalition and in how he tries to stop Iraq sliding into a full-blown civil war.

ECONOMIST: Iraq

Metal sheet piling was placed around the hole to stop the soil from sliding, and it was filled.

NPR: Work Continues, Future Uncertain For Sinkhole Site

Where new occupants for a shop can't be found, councils need to take the lead to stop our High Streets sliding into decline.

BBC: Councils in 'ghost town' warning

In his mind he saw his fixer-upper all fixed up, a gleaming, wood-polished house, a stop on the Oak Park landmark tour, and, sliding down the bannister, into his providing, fatherly arms, Eleanor.

NEWYORKER: Great Experiment

Wolverine Worldwide recorded double-digit growth in earnings and revenue for the second quarter to top Wall Street estimates, but that did not stop shares of the Michigan-based outdoor footwear maker from sliding Tuesday.

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