Word: drop
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...each one's role on Dday. Courseulles-sur-Mer claims that it, not Graye-sur-Mer, is the spot where George VI and Winston Churchill stepped ashore; the two villages are barely 50 meters apart. Sainte-Mère-Eglise and Bénouville, both in drop zones for Allied paratroops, are still haggling over which was liberated first (Bénouville was). To the thousands of tourists -mostly French-who come every year, the claims and counterclaims make little difference. They come and they look, silently, respectfully, moved by the monuments-visible and invisible -to what took place...
Mattie Appleyard. Mattie has served 47 years for dynamiting two company finks in a miners' uprising. He has only one eye but is subtle with high explosives; it is said that he can blow the kitchen table out from under a cup of coffee without spilling a drop...
Shopper's Paradise. Shannon, where the idea of duty-free shops originated in 1952, is close to Schiphol in range and price. It opened in the era of prop planes, when a refueling stop was a must on a transatlantic flight. The jet age brought a temporary drop in Shannon's business, but last year 714,000 passengers passed through, nearly double the number in the peak pre-jet years. The thought of picking up an authentic Aran Islands sweater for $19.50, a genuine Irish tweed sports jacket for $32, or a hand-crocheted christening shawl...
...President Ben Heineman appears to be a businessman at bay. Only hours before his conglomerate's annual meeting began in Chicago last week, the Justice Department announced that it would seek to block Northwest's bid for Goodrich. A stockholder at the meeting asked, why not just drop the whole thing? Nothing doing, replied Heineman. "I don't think I have ever been known as a summer soldier...
...figure of 1333. From 1958 to 1962, the rates hovered consistently around 1900. Then, for a four-year period, the numbers were all around 2300, reaching a high of 2470 two years ago. The participation of the class of '71, however, dipped to 1621, a 50 per cent drop. This year it's even worse. Unfortunately, there seems to be no reason to expect a turn upwards...