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*The Nation; U.S. and Cambodia: Down the 'Slippery Slope' Again?
*The Nation; U.S. and Cambodia: Down the 'Slippery Slope' Again?
::JOHN W. FINNEY. New York Times Oct 17, 1971. p. E2 (2 pages)
::JOHN W. FINNEY. New York Times Oct 17, 1971. p. E2 (2 pages)
:::"Last week the question of whether the United States was going down the same ''slippery slope'' in Cambodia was revived by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee..."
*The Slippery Slopes; When one question leads to another
*The Slippery Slopes; When one question leads to another
By Robert M. Smith. New York Times Aug 22, 1973. p. 37 (1 page)
By Robert M. Smith. New York Times Aug 22, 1973. p. 37 (1 page)
::But the second question is: from the above it seems clear that, whatever was happening earlier, in the 1980s it experienced a rather sudden rise in popularity as a term in political discourse. I'm trying to figure out if there's some identifiable origin for the modern use. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 09:03, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
::But the second question is: from the above it seems clear that, whatever was happening earlier, in the 1980s it experienced a rather sudden rise in popularity as a term in political discourse. I'm trying to figure out if there's some identifiable origin for the modern use. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 09:03, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
::OK, I'm going to put something in the article about its having emerged in the 1980s. In Wikipedia this would be banned as original research, but given that Aschlafly sanctions original work, given that my evidence is shown above and that the research can be easily replicated by many people with access to public libraries, I think it's acceptable. In Wikipedia the ban on OR is partly because people want to see source citations as evidence of some outside judgement of ''importance,'' but how the phrase emerged is obviously relevant here. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]]