Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...having a positive impact, given the laggards they replace. The effect, however, will be felt only over time. The new stocks had not yet joined the list last Thursday, when the Dow fell 159 points, but their presence wouldn't have changed things much. When the Dow wants to drop, it drops--no matter how sleek the companies that make...
...reach a level, stay there for a while, then drop to a lower level," Michael said last week of his father's mental state. "My dad has been pretty much on the same level for a number of months now." Physically, the former President, 86, remains active. He spends a few hours in his office most weekdays and sees occasional visitors. Accompanied by Secret Service agents and his nurse, Reagan strolls in Rancho Park or along the Santa Monica, California, beach. Last summer he still used his backyard pool...
...account who couldn't get girls, couldn't finish high school, slinging crack for near nothing on a street corner in Brooklyn. Then he discovered gangsta rap. His first album, Ready to Die, sold more than a million copies, and his follow-up, Life After Death, scheduled to drop on March 25, was the talk of the rap world. Wallace had already landed the cover of the hip-hop magazine the Source, and he was set to have lunch with TIME's pop music critic in a week. Now here he was at a star-studded party in L.A. that...
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT His Rotundity wasn't fit enough for tennis, so he became the first President to hit the links seriously. Unfortunately, Taft was besieged by critics who lambasted him for playing a rich man's sport (and he failed to drop any pounds to boot...
...only rescues others; it may also save you. Finnish researchers report that middle-aged men who periodically give blood reduce their risk of a HEART ATTACK by 85%. Reason: excessive levels of iron in the body seem to cause damage to arterial cells. When blood is lost, iron stores drop...