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  • Slippage occurs when we want to enter a trade and we pay the higher "offer" (or "ask") price to enter and the lower "bid" price to exit.

    TradingMarkets 2009

  • This is the mark of a real writer, that willingness to risk himself, and in his latest collection of hitherto-uncollected stories, Slippage, Houghton-Mifflin, $22, Ellison shows us again why this dancing on the edge has won him more awards than any living fantasist.

    Cell Phonery Steve Perry 2010

  • I pulled about nine more books from the back room, including some Richard Laymon, a few thinner works like a collection of Ray Bradbury plays, and my starting book: Slippage by Harlan Ellison.

    Read-a-thon! Part 1 2009

  • Slippage is the measure of inefficiency in a system.

    Why Iā€™m voting for Chris Daggett « BuzzMachine 2009

  • Next up: Finishing Slippage by Harlan Ellison and then maybe it's time for some techno-thrillers/military sci-fi to get me primed for Alterverse.

    And I'm probably not going to make my reading goal either! 2009

  • For me, I did pretty well. 230 pages on Ripley Under Water, 26 pages of The Two Towers, a couple articles, and 167 pages of Slippage..

    Readathon! The Final Hours 2009

  • Slippage is even more likely when you consider that the Democrats now (in theory) have 60 seats ā€” the most for either party in 30 years.

    Bob Menendez, Into the Wind 2009

  • Slippage: In 14 games, Smith had 83 catches, down from 103 he hauled in during 2005.

    NFL season rewind: Team MVPs 2007

  • Slippage is even more likely when you consider that the Democrats now (in theory) have 60 seats ā€” the most for either party in 30 years.

    Bob Menendez, Into the Wind 2009

  • Interestingly, back in 1997 when Slippage was published, Kersh was out-of-print and perhaps close to being forgotten.

    Sharing 2009

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