Word: drop
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...China's holdings of U.S. government bonds did drop by 4% to $755 billion, the U.S. Treasury Department reported this week, but those numbers are from December, before the recent downturn in ties. China's vast holdings of U.S. debt give it only limited leverage, because any partial sell-off would harm the value of its remaining U.S. assets. Dumping Treasuries would also undermine the American economy, further dampening the market for Chinese exports. So even as the U.S. and China find a growing number of issues over which to argue, their economic interdependence helps keep the disagreements from spiraling...
...question. This is the man who clinched the gold on Wednesday and bettered his winning run with a second drop-in featuring the daring, innovative and wow-inducing Double McTwist 1260. He didn't have to do it. But he did. Because he wanted to. Because it's the Olympics. Because that's the kind of competitor he is. (See pictures from the Vancouver Winter Olympics...
Mount soon started drop-in hours to better accommodate students who did not want to wait for an appointment, Saunders says. But Mount has focused most on clarifying to students the necessary steps to reach different careers—a practice Mount says she has learned from working with banks and consulting firms...
Obama should not be afraid to drop the 4,500 pages of Democratic health legislation. He should commit to work in an open, bipartisan manner on new legislation that would earn public support both for its substance and through the transparent process by which it is crafted. (See pictures of Obama's first year in the White House...
...numbers systems or physics formulas. I was looking to discover which teams pulled together the entire package, mixing sheer athleticism with sublime grace. Which teams would prevent a person from even dreaming about taking a bathroom break during their routines, like the baseball player who compels you to drop everything while he's at bat? In a sport like figure skating, in which there's no finish line to crown a clear-cut winner, you might as well judge with your...