11.   Another competitor, Sebastian Reidl of Canada, would drop out with gear problems along the way.

12.   Army sources confirmed that the size of their weapons stockpiles generally drops with the size of the Army.

13.   As soon as the market began faltering on currency concerns in mid-July, daily trading volume dropped along with stock prices, as investors quickly lost their appetite.

14.   Australian stocks dropped with companies like Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. with exposure to Asia pacing the decline amid growing concern over the effect of regional economic turmoil on corporate earnings.

15.   A Cambodian police car gave chase but dropped out with a flat tire.

16.   A cold drizzle started, and the snow that had looked so pretty in the boughs of the cedars that line the trail began to drop with loud plops.

17.   A neighbor dropping in with pumpkin bread.

18.   A year ago, he dropped by with his inner circle for lunch.

19.   Adjustable-rate mortgage securities, or ARMs, dropped with Treasury notes as the ranks of investors thinned and demand ebbed.

20.   Advanced navigational aides, combined with computerized cockpit information systems, mean that gravity bombs can be dropped with accuracy unheard of just a decade ago.