1.   Just a little slower, Maybe let the needle slip back down toward eighty, Maybe seventy.

2.   The needle slipped into his blue-veined arm and he closed his eyes while he felt the first rush.

3.   The blood donor lay down at his local chapter of the American Red Cross and relaxed before the large-bore needle slipped into his vein.

4.   The needle slipped into the next spot, and again the dye pooled dark inside the disk.