101.   The case was dropped.

102.   The case was immediately dropped.

103.   The case was dropped largely on technical points.

104.   The commission dropped the case after concluding that the loan was permissible.

105.   The commission had investigated Microsoft for three years before dropping the case last August after the commissioners remained deadlocked over whether to bring charges against the company.

106.   The case was quickly dropped.

107.   The court case was dropped.

108.   The disorderly conduct case was dropped when prosecutors were unable to subpoena his wife, the records said.

109.   The decision surprised some antitrust experts who expected the new administration to drop the case after the court defeat.

110.   The defendants, however, said the court should drop the case because the woman reached a settlement with her former husband.