81.   All charges were dropped, but at the insistence of NBA commissioner David Stern, Barkley hired a bodyguard, former policeman and fireman James Haywood.

82.   Brown vehemently denied it and the assault charges were eventually dropped.

83.   But after Combs publicly apologized, Stoute asked the Manhattan district attorney to drop the charges.

84.   But a short time later, they were freed and the charges were dropped.

85.   But Davis said she would like the Air Force to drop the charges in exchange for her resignation.

86.   But doctors said he was suffering from a terminal heart disease and a federal judge dropped the charges and sent him home to die.

87.   But if it refuses to release the information, it will probably have to drop the charges against Lee.

88.   But Ms. Barriffe requested that the charges be dropped, Scarpellino said.

89.   But the charges were dropped.

90.   But the charges were dropped because of a technicality.