11.   By dropping the appeal of executive privilege altogether, the White House would avoid that fight, without depriving the president of the shield of attorney-client privilege.

12.   But when Alomar dropped his appeal Wednesday, Budig reiterated the timing of the suspension.

13.   By dropping the appeal, it leaves three Dodgers with appeals pending in Gary Sheffield, F.P. Santangelo and Carlos Perez, each suspended five games.

14.   Corey Nakatani starts a four-day suspension today after dropping an appeal from Santa Anita....

15.   Duquette said that pitcher Pedro Martinez was dropping the appeal of his five-game suspension and would serve it, beginning Sunday.

16.   Earlier this year, Hahn urged the MTA to drop its appeal and work to improve bus services.

17.   Father Raymond Field was not a man to be toyed with, and the appeal was quietly dropped.

18.   Fifteen minutes later, it was announced the appeal had been dropped.

19.   GM appealed the decision but dropped its appeal after reaching the agreement with Hardy.

20.   Given the unfortunate coincidence, Nixon decided he might as well drop his appeal.