Afghanistan is slipping from control.

And French economic indicators are slipping quickly.

And Japan is already slipping back into recession because of the earthquake.

But that forecast assumes continued growth, whereas France is slipping into recession.

The authority of conventional politicians and traditional media is slipping away fast.

Growth will slow, with Europe and or America possibly even slipping back into recession.

When I said, My foot is slipping! Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.

For all of China s long term structural problems, it is not exactly slipping into recession.

The Nigerian nation has woken up from the slumber of tragedy fatigue it was slipping into.

Only 12 of the world s population lives in the West, and power is slipping steadily away from it.

But soon they encounter their own banana peel indeed, today s global economy is a riot of slipping economic models.

upon the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains become a slipping heap of sand .

upon the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains become a slipping heap of sand .

Assistance in economic, humanitarian or other fields may be provided at the request of a country to avoid slipping towards conflict.

It's a secret. The animal effectively climbs by slipping and look and doing, actually, terribly, with respect to grabbing on the surface.

A unique opportunity to strengthen the world s financial infrastructure and increase economic efficiency for many years to come could be slipping away.

Then , when they reached the junction between them , they forgot about their fish . It found its way into the river , slipping away .

But when they reached the junction between them , they forgot their fish , and it took its course into the sea , slipping away .

Parental control is also slipping away as young people can watch videos and movies with adult or violent themes without much parental supervision.

Here, this cloaked, secret agent virus is slipping his DNA into the bacterial cell, but here's the kicker It doesn't do anything harmful not at first.

The French government expects budget revenues to match all spending except debt service by 2014. But that forecast assumes continued growth, whereas France is slipping into recession.

It would be useful in preventing countries from slipping back into conflict and strengthening the institutions that promote stability in countries that are currently not experiencing conflicts.

Indeed, it should be considered an indispensable strategic partner for those in the international community who want to prevent the entirety of East Africa from slipping into chaos.

Two years on, success seems to be slipping through Peña Nieto s hands. The country and its increasingly grey haired president are experiencing one tragedy, scandal, or disappointment after another.

As the Beijing Olympics approach, what the Chinese seem to want most that the Games herald China s return as a leader among nations appears close to slipping from their grasp.

That is something to think about as this decade draws to a close and as the chance for humanity to take another momentous leap forward appears to be slipping away.

If we want to summarize that story that I told you earlier, we could start by saying something like, These viruses make copies of themselves by slipping their DNA into a bacterium.

The country was running a current account surplus, but the pound was slipping against the dollar, causing the Bank of England to sell its dollar reserves to defend the fixed exchange rate.

Indications that Trichet s communicative skills were slipping already had become evident last September, when the Governing Council could not follow through with the rate increase the ECB president had promised the previous month.

The commercial shows a beautiful nude woman, posing in front of her mirror, taking pleasure in slipping on sexy black panties and black stockings with garters before covering up in a black burqa.

Moreover, the American Dream seems to be slipping out of reach, in part because a good education, which seems to be the passport to prosperity, is increasingly unaffordable for many in the middle class.

When Mubarak felt his power was slipping and reached out to his adversaries, he found disorganized opposition parties with little political experience and no support in society. They could not formulate coherent positions and practical demands.

Since then, progress in the peace process has been limited, with the deadlines to which the parties committed themselves for the implementation of the provisions of the Linas Marcoussis and Accra III Agreements slipping increasingly behind schedule.

School revenues slumped, and from 1974 to 1979, California fell from ninth place to 44th among the 50 US states in per capita spending on public high schools, with California s students soon slipping down the rankings as well.

Meanwhile, in Yemen, the possibility of adequate central authority is slipping away as the country confronts several seemingly intractable problems from internal divisions and separatist movements to Al Qaeda s franchise in the Arabian Peninsula and a failing economy.

As the Beijing Olympics approach, what the Chinese seem to want most that the Games herald China s return as a leader among nations appears close to slipping from their grasp. If things go wrong, China could move to embrace isolation.

Not only is he young and inexperienced, but his aunt, Kim Kyong hui, Kim Jong il s sister and the wife of the second ranking figure in North Korea s hierarchy, Chang Song taek, may balk at power slipping through her fingers.

They will need all the energy and dedication they can muster to pivot quickly from Europe s forced normality to a more durable strategy for recovery, or at least to stop drivers of renewed prosperity from slipping farther away before they can be harnessed.

If it turns out that girls at risk of not receiving all three doses of the HPV vaccine are also those with an elevated risk of being infected and missing cervical screenings as adults, they may be slipping through not one but two nets.

Still speaking of the western Balkans, we see the greatest dangers to the building of a democratic society in the region, including that of slipping back into conflict, above all in the underdeveloped state of civil society, the lack of development of the rule of law and the difficult economic situation.

Let s hope that this time there is more than talk. If US and Chinese policymakers instead surrender to the temptation of slipping back to the pre crisis imbalances, the roots of the next crisis will grow like bamboo. And that would not be good news for the US and China, or anyone else.