Word: drop-off
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...when the moon is full, on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. Because the moon was full on April 5, only two days after Luna 10 went into lunar orbit, the Russians presumably detected an almost immediate rise in the number of electrons, then a sharp drop-off a few days later as the moon passed out of the tail...
...drop-off in acceptances will probably not trigger any drastic revision of the ten-year-old program. "I am basically pleased with what has happened," Wilcox said. "I think it is the result of careful, sensible educational judgement." Wilcox said the program had stabilized, but he felt there should still be a way for a student at Harvard to "get directly to hid field of study...
...roommate, which gives her a chance to carry messages back and forth and practice her English. The movie's chief support lies in a wagonload of outdoor gear supposedly borrowed from Abercrombie & Fitch. Of note to sportsmen is a pair of inflatable waders-step into a drop-off and the pants fill with air, quickly ballooning so big that they flip the occupant over in the water, head down. If a man can't get hold of a good line, he's in trouble. So is a comedy, for that matter, and this one steadfastly ignores...
...There are darned few Saturdays when you won't find the library comfortably full." Midweek dating and fraternity frivolities have diminished, and there j has even been a marked drop-off of inpatients at campus infirmaries. At ; both Florida and Florida State, grades have equaled or topped those under the semester system...
...beginning to show some economic strain. The city's latest economic survey reports that new industrial orders from West Germany have dropped 12.8% from last year's fat first half. More disturbing, orders from foreign countries have fallen by almost one-third. There has also been a drop-off in big new firms opening in Berlin, and West German bankers and insurance executives have begun to shy away from lending money to West Berlin industry...