Word: dropping
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...They scored a great goal and we gave up an unfortunate free kick goal. We had tons of chances and outshot them. We had two sitters inside that we didn't hit, and that happens. I would like to have finished a little more, but it just didn't drop and that's the nature of the game sometimes...
...parents worked in the city, so they would drop us off on the way to work," he says. "We would talk a lot of politics...
...Sony it's not just fun and games. The economics of computer gaming have come a long way from the drop-a-quarter-in-the-slot days. It's now a $20 billion-a-year worldwide business. Last year games contributed more than $6 billion to Sony's sales and $730 million in operating profits. The Japanese giant has sold a mind-boggling 75 million first-generation PlayStations, 27 million of them in the U.S. And with game consoles grabbing an ever larger share of the game market from PCs and Macs, sales of PlayStation2 could get even bigger...
...Voucher critics warned that the loss of $2 million in state aid could devastate the district schools. While Spencer Bibbs did have to drop three reading specialists, the voucher threat inspired the district to make improvements, including extending the school year to 210 days. Today neither Spencer Bibbs nor A. A. Dixon is on the state's failing list...
...Eventually, Lindsey and Stanford economist John Cogan came up with a plan to drop the bottom rate from 15 percent to 10 percent, and double the "kiddie tax credit" from $500 to $1,000 and make it available to people who earn up to $200,000. When the provisions for the repeal of the estate tax and marriage penalties are mixed in, Bush's plan still tilts heavily toward the rich. But the new cuts at the bottom end (worth at least $1,000 to a waitress mom making $22,000 a year) armed Bush with something Republicans have...