Word: droppingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...unknown T.C." (traffic collision), the moment was routine yet unnerving. The boy briefly lost consciousness and appeared to have broken bones. They had to move him quickly to a hospital. "You never know about kids," explained St. Andrew. "They seem to be doing well, and suddenly they just drop...
Ironically any campaign to change American coffee habits would probably be overshadowed by last year's drop in coffee prices. Salvadoran coffee beans that sold for $135 per 100 lbs. last summer fetch just $70, a plunge that has slashed the country's export earnings by at least $175 million, or about 30%. Says Ernesto Altschul, a senior adviser to Cristiani: "I can't imagine they can hurt our coffee industry any worse...
...threw a record-setting party last week, but many investors failed to attend. Spurred in part by a Government report that the Consumer Price Index had risen a modest 0.2% in April, the Dow Jones industrial average reached new all-time highs on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. After a drop of 12 points on Friday, the Dow closed at 2819.91, up 18 for the week. But the gaiety was muted by the fact that broader market gauges, including Standard & Poor's index of 500 stocks, remained flat throughout the week and have shown little growth all year...
...power projection overseas, have the capacity to come ashore and sustain themselves for 30 days without further help. Their units come equipped with their own close air support, while the Army has to depend on the Air Force. The Army's mobile divisions, on the other hand, can drop on targets from aircraft. But to gain such mobility, they must travel with less artillery and heavy armor. The lightly armed Special Operations Forces are equipped to make lightning raids behind enemy front lines. Still, there is enormous overlap between the three separate forces. Taken together, they are simply too much...
ESTONIA. Parliament voted to restore a paragraph to its constitution that declares the country is "an independent republic," and to drop "Soviet Socialist" from its name. The prewar tricolor national flag was hoisted over the parliament building, replacing the red flag...