I'd make some smartassed comment about the lameness of that lead ... but I've just slipped into a daze ....<p>Seriously, though "slip" is one of those awful catch-all verbs, like "held" and "tossed" that lazy writers use when they can't be bothered to take the nine seconds it might require to come up with a more suitable, accurate and less-cliched word. <p>Had I been the copy editor handling this story, I would have asked the writer (directly, or through the city editor) to write a lead that just contextually paraphrases the relevant impressions and observations of the fellow on the stand -- assuming that was the biggest news coming out of the trial that day.
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