Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...floppy red bus pass with one hand. The other clasps a clear Starbucks cup containing some creamy, brown half-solid substance. He sits down in a row of others like him, facing the rear door. Conversation ensues, but this man takes more interest in ensuring that not a drop of latte falls on his black wool coat than in his seat-mates' chatter...
...played hard to create opportunities, they just didn't drop for us today," Wheaton said. "I just think that today we were a little unlucky...
...struck the building. So I guess it's O.K. with the Lord." Smith, 29, had endured a rough six months, ever since the Catholic League, a lay group with 350,000 members and an intimidating letterhead, had pressured the Walt Disney Co. and its subsidiary Miramax Films to drop Dogma, Smith's rambunctious comedy about God, faith and a monster made of poop. Smith was able to make his movie freely, but if the protesters had had their way, he couldn't show it. To twist the famous bumper-sticker phrase, their karma ran over his Dogma...
...odds of being murdered by a colleague have declined because the work force has grown by 12 million since then. Workplace homicides of all types (whether by workers or strangers) have fallen from 1,074 in 1993 to 709 in 1998--largely because of the drop in violent crimes like convenience-store robberies. And accidental deaths on the job are down as fewer Americans are employed in such dangerous occupations as mining and heavy manufacturing. Says Guy Toscano, a program manager for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Being at work is safer than being out in the general population...
...zero tolerance for threats or violence, require conflict resolution among colleagues and offer tips on what workers should do if they're threatened or attacked. Meanwhile, at gas stations and other retail businesses, such security measures as silent alarms, buzzer locks and bulletproof glass have contributed to a 46% drop in robbery homicides over the past five years...