1.   The bank clerk handed me an official blue slip to sign.

2.   Any employee caught skiing it would get a blue slip, or termination notice.

3.   Committee staffers who discuss blue slips publicly had better have their resumes in order.

4.   Currently, under a Senate tradition known as a blue slip, senators have a right to veto a home state judicial nominee without having the action disclosed.

5.   Despite using that tactic in the past, Republicans are now demanding that any senator using the blue slip be identified.

6.   Edwards is now raising the possibility of using the blue slip himself on Boyle.

7.   Iris Baez was sitting in her basement, slowly sorting through scores of names on blue slips of paper, when her lawyer called.

8.   Senators have long had influence over local nominees to the district and appellate level of the federal bench, with their views solicited on blue slips of paper.

9.   Sen. Barbara Boxer, the liberal firebrand, can hardly wait to get the blue slip so she can burn it.

10.   Senators have traditionally had great influence over the selection of district and appellate judges from their home states, a practice that has been codified with the blue slips.