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Word: dropped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Today's drop marked the third straight day of broad market decline, pushing the Dow Jones average below 800--its lowest close of the year. Since Monday, the average has fallen 22.27 points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Khomeini Bars Carter Envoys From Entering Iran for Talks | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

Little else was low. Despite decreases in sales of petroleum products and natural gas and a drop in refinery production, Exxon's revenues increased 30%, to $20.6 billion, compared with $15.9 billion in last year's third quarter. Net income soared 118% to $1.1 billion. Earnings per share jumped from $1.18 to $2.60, but Garvin failed even to mention that bullish news in his statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Embarrassment of Riches | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Force should drop rice, grain, wheat, and other food held in storage by the U.S. government, he added...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin and Kenneth J. Ryan, S | Title: GOP Candidates Campaign in Boston | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

...hard up for cash is the corps that it is reluctantly planning to shrink itself. Through attrition, it will drop to 179,000 by mid-1980, a reduction of 10,000. Says a senior Marine officer: "We are reducing manpower to pay our bills. There is no sense in having a force like the Marine Corps if it does not have the means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Price of Power | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...would assume, however, the Council could make substitutions for faculty drop-outs in the fall without too much hardship. After all, the ERG has managed to set up its subcommittees and has already met four or five times...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: The Missing CUE | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

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