Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...study also showed some changes in the types of careers seniors are choosing. Only 15 per cent of last year's graduates listed law as their anticipated vocation--a drop of 5 per cent from the year before...
...Last week the Prime Minister reaped a substantial political bonanza with some favorable economic news. Britain's mine workers agreed to go along with the government's 10% limit on wage increases; the pound, already surging, rose another half a cent; and key Labor economists projected a drop in the inflation rate (13% in November) to 7% by July. One pollster believes that the party may also pick up a large block of new votes in the next election from the traditionally apolitical Asian immigrants. His prediction: "They are going to crawl over broken glass to vote against...
Coors, the fabled company in Golden, Colo., that was on a Rocky Mountain high for years also declined in 1977, from 13.7 million bbls. to 12.8 million. Part of the drop was due to a bitter strike that led to a customer boycott; it has been particularly damaging in California, where Coors has lost its leadership to Anheuser-Busch. Coors also suffered under the new competition because it long had paid little attention to marketing, figuring that its popular product would just "walk off the shelves." As a regional brewer that sells almost all its beer to 16 states concentrated...
...excellent play of Penn's Jon Foster proved to be too much for John Havens as the Quaker won in three, 15-18, 9-15, 13-15. Havens, whose mobility is still hampered by an injured knee, could not retrieve Foster's drop shots even when he anticipated them...
Sarah, aged four, and Nathaniel, aged six, children of Quincy House senior tutor Marshall Pihl and Natalie Pihl, enjoy the beer parties at their apartment for the same reason. Because the senior tutor's residence is not "on the beaten path," students do not drop by as casually as they might in other Houses, Natalie Pihl says...