Earlier this month, work on the Stadium Road slip road caused major disruption for travellers headed for Inverness from the other side of the Kessock Bridge.

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He doesn't bring good news: The problem is in the firmware of the display controller, but he adds that he's already talked to IBM, has arranged to have an address box sent to me so I can send the laptop in to Big Blue, and hands me a slip of paper with my IBM work order number on it.

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Schedules may slip, other employees may have to work harder to pick up the slack, and many hours will be spent on recruiting a replacement.

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They work by pouring a mixture of clay and water, called slip, into them and letting the clay set into the shape.

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They will wait for a single slip-up, one mistake, and then they will work day and night to create headlines and get the face time they so desperately covet.

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"Some of the details in the call slip did indicate that students or faculty were actively responding to work to subdue this individual, " Garcia said, describing the man as being about 21 years old and enrolled at the college.

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" You have to work harder than everyone else because you're observed and criticized if you slip up in the least, " says Teel, 48, who became chief executive in 1998.

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" You have to work harder than everyone else because you're observed and criticized if you slip up in the least, " says Teel, 48, who became the CEO in 1998.

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Navy and gray suits are well and good in a corporate setting but if you work in a creative field or if you want to make a splash on the weekends, why not slip into a lime colored suit?

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