21.   Gannett and Knight-Ridder stock did not drop during the strike.

22.   From early in this century, Russian dancers have dropped out during American tours to settle in the United States and teach or start companies of their own.

23.   He attended the University of Missouri for two years before dropping out during the Depression because of lack of money.

24.   I countered that their creative output actually dropped during flare-ups.

25.   Hostile polar weather has so far delayed any possibility of rescuing Nielsen, who has been using medical supplies dropped during a daring mid-July flyover to self-administer chemotherapy.

26.   It typically drops during a recession.

27.   Last week, he dropped by during his lunch hour to pick up some wallpaper paste.

28.   Many hot performers of last year have been dropped during the decline in the stock market so far this year.

29.   More tellingly, even when ratings dropped back down during a lull in the scandal, the all-news channels retained far more viewers than they had before.

30.   Mortgage rates dropped during the period, prompting homeowners to refinance their loans or to repay them faster.