1.   Technology shares dropped following the fall in U.S. trading and ongoing concern about Asian -- particularly South Korean --economic turmoil.

2.   Fly-half Duncan Hodge was dropped following his poor kicking display in the defeat to England.

3.   Ocean City Mayor Henry Knight said the proposed anti-smoking measure there likely will be dropped following the advice of the city solicitor.

4.   That idea appeared to be dropped following investor alarm.

5.   The number of international companies registering in the Bahamas dropped steeply following tightened regulations that ended anonymous ownership, the attorney general said.

6.   And Hoddle, who defied pre-match protests that Gascoigne should be dropped following allegations the player beat his wife, believes his gamble paid off.

7.   Three members of the New Zealand cricket team to play the West Indies this weekend could be dropped following a disciplinary hearing.