Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first thing you notice when your plane suddenly begins to drop is that you're becoming weightless. For those who like roller coasters, the sensation may not be too bad. Quickly, however, zero-G can become negative-G, meaning anything not fastened or seat-belted down will slam into the ceiling. Food trays get tossed, cutlery gets flung, carry-ons fly up as tray tables bang down. After a few seconds the plane stabilizes, and anything--or anyone--stuck to the ceiling crashes to the floor. Another case of midair turbulence is quickly over...
Last year, there were 697 tests administered at Cornell, which has a student population of 19,000. Janis Talbot, the director of Cornell's Health Education department, says that this represents a drop in the number of tests...
Exodus On Wall Street If you thought today's 220-point Dow drop was nasty, just wait until Monday when the corporate earnings season begins. Dare we say Bear...
First Smith one-timed a drop pass from Asano past Providence goaltender Megan Marfione 18 seconds later to tie the game at three. Asano then added for power-play blast from the left point for what proved to be the gamewinner...
...prospects for those with a college degree and those without. The average CEO of a large company now earns 200 times more than the average worker, up from a 40-fold difference in the 1970s, according to trend watcher and author Gerald Celente. And for those who drop out, the options for unskilled workers keep shrinking, as does the safety net beneath them if they fall out of the economy altogether...