• But investors are increasingly turning to old-fashioned things that you can drop on your foot.

    ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

  • Companies tend to focus on the things that can drop on your foot and neglect lucrative revenues from services.

    ECONOMIST: Japanese business

  • As of the last test, the antennas could survive a 5-foot drop, open.

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  • The roller coaster, made mostly of wood, has an 85-foot drop to start and is followed by several drops and turns.

    CNN: Taking a roller coaster ride back in time at Coney Island

  • But England managed to establish one final attacking position and Wilkinson slotted a right-foot drop-goal to give them some much-needed breathing space.

    BBC: Italy 12-17 England

  • Each Mortons The Steakhouse private dining boardroom is equipped with a Velocity HD Digital Suite, which includes a nine-foot drop-down high-definition screen, HD projection system, and 7.2 cinema surround sound.

    FORBES: Creating A Virtual Dining Experience

  • It should also pack enough juice to supply five and a half hours of streaming video, and should be able to withstand a four foot drop, extreme temperatures, excessive dust, and splashing water.

    ENGADGET: Motorola to begin beta testing rugged Android tablet, steps up enterprise efforts

  • And Wilkinson stunned the crowd with a trademark left-foot drop-goal in the 77th minute as England repeated their 2003 semifinal victory against the French and earned the chance to become the first nation to retain the title.

    CNN: Wilkinson kicks England into final

  • Going beyond the MIL-STD-810G certification with the ability to withstand a six-foot drop, and with a shock-mounted hard drive, magnesium alloy case and UL1604 Class I Division 2 certification, this mobile computer is optimized to operate in hazardous and mission-critical environments.

    ENGADGET: Panasonic Toughbook 19 gets Core i5 grunt to match its grizzled visage

  • Atop the pass, a few yards from a rocky memorial to the 19th-century explorer Quinton Mackinnon, is a 2, 600-foot vertical drop.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Longtime skier Petitt is thinking about expanding his mountain, with its 660-foot vertical drop, to create a less challenging path for families.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The mountain's 900-foot vertical drop is the largest in the upper Midwest and double that of most others in the ski-crazed Northwoods.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Longtime skier Petitt is thinking about expanding his mountain, with its 660-foot vertical drop, to create a less challenging path to attract families.

    FORBES: Ski Mogul

  • Speaking of skiing, JPL is a thirty-minute ride from Marmot Basin, a fantastically beautiful ski mountain with nine lifts, a 3, 000-foot vertical drop and superior snow conditions.

    FORBES: Rocky Mountain High, Canadian-Style

  • Sited precariously on the edge of a 650-foot vertical drop, some of the property's retaining walls, which were installed when Cox bought the house nine years ago, are crumbling.

    WSJ: The Most Important Garden Designer You've Never Heard Of

  • Though Squaw's most obvious attraction is the mountain's awesome 4, 000 acres of skiable terrain and 2, 850-foot vertical drop, the area abounds with activities year-round, including golf, climbing, horseback riding and hiking.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Cristalino off the main highway near Playa del Carmen is mostly exposed and has a fun cliff you can jump off (it's only a 15 foot or so drop).

    CNN: 3 undeniable reasons to explore Mexico

  • But the most fearsome of these fences isn't "The Chair, " a 5-foot-3 high hedge fronted by an open ditch, the sharp bend of the "Canal Turn, " or even the dreaded "Becher's Brook, " with its steep 6-foot-5 drop.

    WSJ: Why They Fear Aintree's First

  • Paul McShane's cross from the right was headed back across goal by Jan Venegoor of Hesselink and, after Martin Skrtel could only flick the ball up in the air, Geovanni waited for it to drop on to his left foot and directed it into the corner from 10 yards.

    BBC: Liverpool 6-1 Hull

  • So despite the fact that our homes have become remarkably more energy efficient with a nearly one-third drop in total energy per square foot, residential energy demand didn't go down--it went up about a third over the two-decade period.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Els misses his eight-foot putt for par to drop his first shot of the day.

    BBC: Sunday at Wentworth

  • She said there were a number of possible reasons for the apparent drop, including the impact of the foot-and-mouth epidemic in 2001.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Cornwall | Cornwall awaits upturn

  • Gliding across Prince William Sound by kayak, you can't imagine that the 986-foot Exxon Valdez ever spewed a drop of crude oil, let alone 11 million gallons.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • It will travel through 1, 019 cities, towns and villages, on foot or in convoy, and drop in at UK landmarks like the Giant's Causeway and Stonehenge.

    BBC: Olympic torch: Huge crowds turn out to cheer flame

  • Leeds, who had lost dynamic open-side Hendre Fourie to a rib injury, were on the back foot and after a Charlie Hodgson drop-goal attempt hit the upright, play was called back for a Sale penalty.

    BBC: Leeds 3-6 Sale

  • The most elaborate, called the Leap of Faith, is a steep drop down the side of the 60-foot high Mayan Temple, and then a fast slide through a clear acrylic tunnel running through a lagoon filled with sharks.

    FORBES: Found Atlantis

  • Lawrie did not drop a stroke all day with the highlight a 40-foot putt for an eagle on the long ninth.

    CNN: Scotland's Lawrie leads Johnnie Walker event

  • "Now we're sending messages to families across the country: Drop your private health insurance plans, the American taxpayer will foot the bill, " Hastert said.

    NPR: Children's Health Care Bill Loaded with Extras

  • The design includes an 11-foot couch, an 1, 100-pound bar, a drop-down ceiling and a magnificent shag rug.

    CNN: Oscar green room 'comfortable and glamorous'

  • It's a two-foot tall humanoid that can walk, look for familiar objects and pick up or drop off objects.

    BBC: The robot that reads your mind to train itself

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