It could not have been easier; no skimming was needed.

There was a slim chance he'd known about the skimming, in which case things would almost make sense again.

"The cost of that skimming is borne by every investor."

Later, he made a lot of money from the skimming of public works contracts.

This growth, in turn, has spawned criminal activity that goes beyond just the skimming of bank account numbers.

So the skimming of the patent revenues that the subcommittee is proposing will be less than 25 percent, they say.

A number of organized crime figures were convicted as a result of the skimming.

Conceptually cream skimming has two basic dimensions - product and geography.

Is it just a coincidence that you should find out about your father at essentially the same time this skimming was noticed?"

Slice shots are best, because their skimming, low bounce is accentuated by the surface.

A third source is the skimming of funds from the international aid that forms a major part of the country's budget.

Protein skimming does far more good than harm.

It also allows impurities to rise for easier skimming.

And then one night there was a skimming of ice in the barrel at the corner of the cabin.

"This was but a skimming of the cream.

He kissed Maddie again, a skimming of mouths, followed by a long, sweet sampling.

"You mean the skimming by the union?"

While most aid workers agree that some stealing is inevitable in relief operations, the level of corruption here goes beyond mere skimming.

These specially designed devices allow optimal skimming of the water surface and reduce silting.

First, weather and sea-state did not allow continuous skimming and alternatives were needed.

I recall her assiduous skimming of the soups.

His book is a gossipy memoir leavened by a quick skimming of 50 years of political history.

Careful skimming is essential to producing a fine pot-au-feu.

Even the words he'd just used were no more than a skimming of surface validity obscured by a twist of bitter lies.

This skimming is one of several motifs that Mr. Martins repeats within the piece.

I tried to skim to get some idea of what he was after.

Let him do his best, she thought, skimming through the door to her room.

He moved forward to skim his hands up her arms.

But someone had skimmed off a great deal of money.

But he made no answer as his eyes skimmed down the list she had given him.

The next question is: do you have that much room to skim off the top of your data plan?

Their names are the ones you skim in the program.

He skimmed his hands down, a light play of fingers.

Skimming it, he raised his head to take in the others.

She skimmed through to find the line that had brought her all the way up here.

I had been skimming, to get the shape of the play.

What I have given here only skims over the general issue of color.

Just like the other, it skimmed across the water, almost toward her.

I know how to tell the mark the parts she wants to hear, and to skim over the problems.

Try and make the end of the boom skim the water.

You just skimmed the surface, exactly as he wanted it.

The best way to do that is to skim their dreams.

Let stand 2 to 3 minutes and skim the foam from the top.

I will skim over other points, because these have already been dealt with by others.

I took my book back to the table in the magazine room and skimmed through it.

I never could just skim a chapter then say I'd read it.

Most people will skim this until they need to know a particular detail.

Then we were skimming over the trees on the far side of the pass.

She cut the power and turned right, skimming across the brown grass.

The oil should just skim the bottom of the pot.

He moved forward to skim his hands up her arms.

By now the students should have skim read the article several times.

Then you've got to learn to skim over the water.

You learned about the need to really know the details—you couldn't just skim by.

I tried to skim to get some idea of what he was after.

But someone had skimmed off a great deal of money.

I think they're skimming my money, taking a lot for themselves.

Up again then, and forward once more, skimming over the ground.

Let him do his best, she thought, skimming through the door to her room.

Because of the time involved, this will only allow a light skim over the areas.

We probably skim over it to get past the talk to the action.

Skim your eye over it again and you will think as I do.

Every morning we get to school and skim the paper for an article to focus on that day.

I know how to tell the mark the parts she wants to hear, and to skim over the problems.

Keep skimming until the stock looks clear, between 20-40 minutes.

Their names are the ones you skim in the program.

You can end up skimming life rather than living it.

It’s a term used a lot but one too often skimmed over.

"All of these little skims come out to be a significant amount."

Did you check to see if someone's been skimming again?

I went through the whole list and skimmed the best of it.

After the first quick skim, from what he could tell, at least three groups were involved.

Just like the other, it skimmed across the water, almost toward her.

I had been skimming, to get the shape of the play.

He skimmed his hands down, a light play of fingers.