1.   Drops of rain hit the surface of the water like drumsticks, creating a jazzy, but soothing rhythm.

2.   A PUN LIVES IN RUSSIA A Russian couple were walking down the street in Moscow one night, when the man felt a drop hit his nose.

3.   In Russia, which is a major exporter of commodities from oil to precious metals, the oil price drop hit in two ways.

4.   She started criticizing her own product even before the first drop hit the cup.

5.   Though the price drops have hit soybeans, wheat, cattle, and hogs as well, Nebraska corn provides a particularly vivid example.

6.   U.K. stocks declined after the Bank of England raised borrowing costs yesterday and a drop in Hong Kong hit shares in HSBC Holdings Plc.

7.   Two weeks after she felt the tiny drop hit her eye, he said, Miss Griffin developed a headache and eye infection.

8.   As the drops hit his tongue, he complains of the bitter taste.

9.   But the price drop has hit businesses here hard.

10.   He drove into an algae-covered pond then after a penalty drop hit a tree and the ball bounced into the water again.