Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does not let his spirit become attached to things of the world--if some close relation dies, even a wife or a son, he is not too much distressed, because he knows that this is the rule of the world. He lives in the word like a pearly drop of water on a lotus leaf--it moves about the leaf but is not absorbed...
HUPD Chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley credits the drop to recent community policing initiatives. Riley has appointed a top lieutenant, William K. Donaldson, to focus full-time on such initiatives...
...Engineer point man quickly sent it down for a 2-on-1 through the slot. Forward Steve Caley forced freshman defenseman Peter Capouch to drop down and then fed it to forward Eric James to make...
Such over-the-top pronouncements are enough to make one start rooting for the other shoe to drop--the mistake that could cause George W. to stumble in the early primaries the way so many anointed front runners have before him. To guard against that, Bush has been working what might be called a cream-stationery strategy--dashing off notes to potential supporters in key states. Shortly after New Hampshire house speaker Donna Sytek was quoted in a newspaper article as saying she hadn't chosen a candidate to support, a handwritten letter arrived from the Texas Governor: "I hope...
...Thompson says outreaches are one of the most rewarding aspects of counseling. After outreaches, she adds, the number of calls and drop-ins to the PCC office increases...