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Word: dropping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Older groups say they have not seen a drop in student attendance at their events. Roy Kosuge, President of the Opportunes and also a Crimson executive says "support for [the] group on campus has been growing, although maybe not at a terribly noticeable rate. Our jams have been packed with people...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Capella Groups Attract Growing Range of Voices | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

Cash dividends to shareholders are disappearing quicker than Bill Clinton's credibility. Last year companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 paid out only 37% of their earnings as dividends, an all-time low. The average payout since 1945 is 52%. Corporate stinginess has helped drop the S&P 500 dividend yield (dividend divided by stock price) to 1.6%--so subterranean that merely calling it an all-time low doesn't do it justice. It is less than half the postwar average yield of 4.1% and way below the previous low-water mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disappearing Dividends? | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...number there, Dartboard, and kiss up as much as you can, because this class is restricted. Shall we write an essay showing you how much we know, how much we need to know, what we've done and how much we care, fax it to your country house and drop it off in your box in the basement of the Bio Labs...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: BIDDING PERIOD | 1/30/1998 | See Source »

Mahoney said the council hopes that the site will help to increase competition in the Harvard book market. Such expanded accessibility may cause the price of used books to drop...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Net Merchant Raises Stakes for Book Sellers | 1/30/1998 | See Source »

...says students sometimes add his course as much as two weeks into the semester because, "once they [get] a real feel for a particular course they want to drop...

Author: By Tara L. Colon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shopping Frenzy: An Honored Tradition | 1/29/1998 | See Source »

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