Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Texas' decision effectively to drop tests may be the first indication that they are vulnerable in the long run. Legislators there passed the top-10% law in May as a way of countering the effects of a court decision outlawing affirmative action at universities. They hope the new law will reverse the sudden drop in minority enrollment after the ruling by drawing diligent students from heavily minority schools. The Texas law was politically smarter than the California plan, since it cast reform as a way of encouraging students to get better grades; that's why G.O.P. Governor George W. Bush...
...market would behave come Monday. "There was a choppiness," Grasso told TIME. "There was a feeling that we had had two bad days. There was a feeling that the markets were weak in Asia and that there might be a spill-back. But no one expected a 550-point drop." Grasso felt confident enough to fly to Paris over the weekend for a Monday meeting. He was interrupted at 2 p.m. Monday in Paris--8 a.m. in New York City--by NYSE president William Johnston, who was calling to discuss what looked like a grim day ahead...
...used these anachronisms, put in when the Dow traded at one-fifth its current valuation, to figure out what to sell. The halt was spooky, flushing sellers from the woodwork when the market reopened. We must have lost 100 points in the time it takes for a bomb to drop from...
Jiang wouldn't let it drop. In English, he burst out, "I would like to speak a few words in addition to this question." He repeated the familiar argument that China has a different history and cultural traditions, and so "it is just natural for our two countries to hold different views on some issues." And of course, he added, "as for the general rules universally abided by in the world, China also abides by these rules...
...said that TV viewership of the four major networks was down to 61% in September, a drop of 4 percentage points since last year [TELEVISION, Oct. 20]. I hope this was due in part to my own viewing habits. In 1995, I decided that for me, a single person, watching TV is very isolating and a poor substitute for a real life. So I unplugged the TV. ANDREA A. RUFF Orlando...