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Word: dropping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nationwide resume contest that all of us won. But now that we need to go through the process of finding a "JOB" or a "SUMMER INTERNSHIP," we secretly wish that this whole business would just take care of itself--no irritating cover letters, no nerve-wracking interviews, just drop the thing in the mail and be done with it--we're good enough, aren't we? And here, suddenly, on the bulletin board in Eliot House, someone seems willing to fulfill that fantasy--just like the Kendo Club was willing to offer us free hot phone sex! Ingenious indeed...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Billboards in Fantasyland | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...decision by one its members formally drop its college' title has "brought into focus," in the words of one member, the future of single-sex education in America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Sisters? | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

Coca-cola officials have often been asked about their 100-year rivalry with Pepsi-Cola, and they usually respond diplomatically, claiming to benefit from having a competitor that has seemingly fought them to a standstill for every drop of business worldwide. "If Pepsi didn't exist, we'd have to invent it," is the generous reply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pepsi Gets Back In The Game | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...fiberoptic core--down my throat (not pleasant but, he assures me, not as awful as it sounds). If he sees Barrett's, he'll bring me back every year for another look and, if necessary, a biopsy. Under this sort of regimen, my chances of getting cancer will drop dramatically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fire in the Belly | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...losing proposition. To give long-suffering shareholders a boost, it seems, high-flying investors have to take a dive. According to a recent academic study, the performance of the acquiring stock funds, as measured by their objective-adjusted returns (how they fared relative to their peers), tends to drop after they've absorbed all that new cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Money: Apr. 26, 1999 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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