Word: fallen
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Kristen Faller poked a loose ball towards Burke, who was waiting at the Eagle five yard line. Ostapko challenged Burke, but was unable to stop anything when she slipped on the wet turf. Burke dribbled around the fallen goalie and put a forehand into the open...
...attacked with two friends while returning from a party. A skinhead named Kenneth Mieske came up behind Seraw with a baseball bat and struck his head "as hard as you'd hit a center field ball," Dees told the jury last week. Then Mieske stood over the fallen Seraw and hit him repeatedly, splitting open his skull...
ADMITTEDLY, Huey wasn't strong on sophisticated economic theory. But he had the right idea--using progressive taxation to ensure a basic standard of living for the poor and powerless (an idea that has since fallen into undeserved disrepute). We need the Louisiana governor to help us regain a moral perspective on the budget crisis...
...mood of impending economic disaster. The Dow Jones average closed at 2510.64 last week, up 58 points for the week but down almost 500 points from its peak in July. Other markets have been hit even harder. In the shadow of Tokyo's debacle, Taiwan's exchange has fallen 80% since February, a collapse so sharp that it has prompted several local investors to commit suicide...
...Japan the epic slide of the Tokyo stock market began with fear of rising interest rates at home, and has been accelerated by rocketing oil prices abroad. Tokyo's Nikkei index has fallen from its peak of 38,915 last December to a closing price of 22,828 last week. "This has probably been the largest bear market in any country since World War II," says Peter Tasker, head of research at Kleinwort Benson International in Tokyo. In a fleeting burst of euphoria, the index zoomed a record 13% last Tuesday, but much of the gain was the result...