11.   The drop is beginning to appear in wheat available for delivery for futures contracts.

12.   The drop began at the opening.

13.   The stock drop began Thursday after Reuters disclosed that the subsidiary was being investigated by federal authorities.

14.   U.S. aid has been sold at local markets ever since the air drops began last month.

15.   Seles stared ahead as drops of rain began falling again.

16.   A trader at a large European bank in New York said the drop began due to profit taking, and was then deepened by technical liquidations.