Word: fallen
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After Palazzo, the rest of the Crimson’s options at tailback have slowly but surely fallen by the wayside, as well...
...student of VH1 biographical docudramas could have predicted, the comeback failed; Veterans’ Day’s star had already fallen. It was too late to refocus attention on the original purpose of Veterans’ Day. Like Columbus Day or Washington’s Birthday—two of the other holidays the Uniform Holidays Bill shifted to Mondays—Veterans’ Day had become disassociated from its namesake, and had irrevocably become associated instead with brief vacations and department store sales. This is why my hometown’s parade feels insufficient...
...have struck a faint chord. "We do have scattered islands of information," says BKA boss Ulrich Kersten, "but the answer is to build bridges, and we're doing that." He cites a planned upgrade of the BKA's computer system (circa 1972.) But some highly touted upgrades have fallen short. An effort to establish a common profiling system for suspects was scrapped because the database couldn't recognize that words like Turkish and Turkey meant the same thing. Something has to be done - and soon. The Heidelberg raid demonstrates why. The CID reported the couple to both the Heidelberg police...
...29th, police in Bavaria arrested a British man who had fallen asleep in his car at a service station near Aschaffenburg. Officers found Peter Murray-Cowan, 39, dozing at the wheel of an Audi so stuffed with boxes of what appeared to be Microsoft Office 97 Professional software that the car was barely drivable. Sensing counterfeit, police took both driver and 4,000 copies of one of the world's most popular business programs - worth $2 million on the retail market, according to Microsoft - into custody. Murray-Cowan, a British businessman and would-be politician who ran for local office...
...third straight year, men’s and women’s soccer and field hockey all have fallen short of winning Ivy championships, but unique to this year is that all three teams have realistic aspirations of making the tournament at-large...