21.   Administrators have been concerned over the fact that graduation rates for male basketball players have dropped in recent years.

22.   After climbing steadily over several years, the number of crimes in the parks has dropped in the last six years, Park Service records show.

23.   After the program was dropped in June, five players and recruits scouted other schools.

24.   Air fares drop in the off-season, so good values are available anyway.

25.   All the moves reflect the need to grow sales and cut costs in an industry where historically high margins have dropped in recent years, analysts say.

26.   Business confidence in the U.S. economy dropped in June as companies prepare for slower growth in spending and investments, an industry survey said.

27.   But analysts had expected higher sales, and EDS shares dropped late in the day.

28.   But as an arm of the government, its financing has dropped in recent years.

29.   But Bale drops out in the last half-hour, and the final confrontation is strictly crash-crash-bang-bang.

30.   But he dropped out in his third year because of financial difficulties.