Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...picked up my pace much more gradually throughout these portions of the race and started my kick much earlier, with about 600 to 800 meters to go, because I usually have too much in the end of my races," Helms said. "So I think that allowed for my time drop and for a much better placing than I was expecting...
...copious. Hard to criticize Iggy performing one of his great songs, and performing it pretty well. And there's the problem, I think. When Iggy was in the Stooges--before they became VH-1 "Behind the Music" material--the Stooges meant something. Sure they were a buncha high school drop-out glue-sniffing losers who made a hellacious garage noise with instruments they could barely play, but they had something to say. Basically: "screw you, I am human and alive and can hurt myself more than you can ever hurt me so do what you want." Which is pretty much...
...rantings of slackers and dopeheads and revel in the insignificant struggles of everyday life. Given the plot and the ribaldry of Dogma, it's no wonder the Catholic League has--well, raised hell about its release. The organization was responsible for convincing Disney, the original distributor, to drop the movie, arguing that it was blasphemous and immoral. Smith, himself a practicing Catholic, assures that the film was made with the utmost respect, but every fan knows that irreverence is the hallmark of his Jersey flicks. Dogma, though not always pro-religion, is consistently pro-faith...
...drop rule" has long been an issue for mixed-race people. This convention refers to the belief that if a person has a single black ancestor, he or she is black, according to Appiah...
...There's been an increase in the number of people who want to resist the one-drop rule," Appiah says, pointing to people like golf star Tiger Woods, who says he shouldn't be defined by only one race...