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Word: droppingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...accomodate any visitors who might drop by to appreciate their carefully-chosen furnishings, the two also opted for a fold-out futon...

Author: By Brett R. Huff, | Title: Amid Artsy Posters And Persian Rugs, First-Years Play And Parents Pay | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

Plus, you get to yell out "You're a bum!" when they drop the ball on third down...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

Harvard students inexplicably drop their inhibitions at hockey games, sometimes even raising their voices to (dare I say) cheer. Would it be betrayal to support football as well...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...West the most troubled dry spot is Mexico, where a government report asserts that "water will be a limiting factor for the country's future development." The demands of Mexico City's 20 million people are causing the level of their main aquifer to drop as much as 3.4 meters (11 ft.) annually. Water subsidies encourage the wealthy and middle classes to waste municipal supplies, while the poor are forced to buy from piperos, entrepreneurs who fix prices according to demand. Belatedly, the government has begun to establish a more sensible system of tariffs as well as promote water-saving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Last Drops | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

...Indians initiated the blockade to force the town of Oka to drop plans to expand a golf course onto land the Mohawks consider sacred property. An aborted police raid last month to break the boycott ended in the fatal shooting of an officer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Talking Under The Gun | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

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